In reality it is still bitter cold outside and it can be so hard to warm up in the evenings. Worse yet, I can just feel that ‘I’m coming down with something’ fatigue about to rear it’s ugly head. What to do? I recommend building up that fire, drawing a hot bubble bath - and of course mix up a teakettle of hot toddies. You’ll feel toasty again in no time.
Hot Toddy
1 oz brandy
1 tsp honey
1/4 lemon
1 tea bag
1 cup hot water
Coat the bottom of a mug with honey. Add the brandy and the fresh juice of 1/4 lemon. Heat water and steep the tea bag to your liking. Pour the tea into the glass and stir. Garnish with a cinnamon stick + lemon slice. Serves 1.
* images via easy cocktail drinks + photographer sarah maingot
Haha I've actually been wondering what a Hot Toddy IS exactly! Now I know! :)
ReplyDeleteAhh cute! Makes me feel all warm and cozy just reading about it.
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered what a hot toddy was!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe for hot toddy.
ReplyDeleteIn Ireland we make it just like you said but without the tea bag and we stud the lemon with cloves. It certainly helps to ward off colds
mmm. I usually skip the tea bag and add more honey, a cinnamon stick, and some freshly grated nutmeg. So good on a drizzly evening.
ReplyDeleteMy father had the same recipe but with whiskey - always seemed to do the trick!!
ReplyDeleteMmm! I'm not much of a drinker but I love myself some Hot Toddies! Honey, tea, brandy - the perfect alcoholic treat for a cold winter night!
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a drinker but I'll try this one. Thanks for the recipe.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteI am somewhat obsessed with hot toddies. I like them even when I don't feel ill.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the recipe, I do not know alcohol at all, is there a brandy you recommend ?
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Michal
Yum, that looks amazing! I have a completely different Hot Toddy recipe that I use over the holidays. Much less healthy than yours, but so delicious! It involves melting in a sauce pan, a stick of butter, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, brown sugar & perhaps a few other things... Then mix it up & put it in a covered storage container in the fridge, Scoop one and a half tablespoons of the mixture into a mug & add 3/4 c boiling water. Top it off with rum (just regular clear rum). Then of course, I add whipped cream and a cinnamon stick! It really truly, "warms" the soul!
ReplyDeleteI just love all of the recipe variations - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteShelly-Thank you for clarifying the whole "Hot Toddy" thing...I've been wondering what was in one forever!
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Candace
This works like a charm...
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quintessence, i do whiskey in mine as well!! kills a cold every time ;)
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy! And what a way to take the chill off...
ReplyDeleteThis sounds divine. I never knew exactly what a hot toddy was. Here in the mountains we use moonshine and honey. Yours sounds better!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds and looks oh so refreshing!
ReplyDeleteI always wondered what a Hot Tottie was made of! Thanks for the info!! =)
ReplyDeleteMelanie's Randomness
I'm originally from Newfoundland, a very chilly island off the East coast of Canada, and we have a hot toddy recipe that is a little different!
ReplyDeleteIt's one ounce (or two) of Irish whiskey (I prefer Jamesons), a slice/squeeze of fresh lemon, a tsp of brown sugar and boiling water.
Perfect blend of boozy, citrus and sweet and it will cure whatever ails you.
"What whiskey can't cure, there ain't no cure for."
mmmmmmmm......just want to stay here!
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