Another trick is making cafetiere coffee with your pumpkin spice blend mixed into the ground beans. This way, you can enjoy a little bit of autumnal flavour even if you don’t have milk in your ...

But as you rummage the spice rack for nutmeg and cinnamon, plus good old mixed spice ... and that’s how often the ground cloves get an airing for the ritual half teaspoon in the pudding.