The chill in the air means cold and flu season is on the horizon. Button up your overcoat. Take your vitamins. And make a yourself a lovely hot toddy. Ask any grandma about the Hot Toddy and she is sure to tell you it’s the cure to all your ailments. That may not be exactly true, but the combination of your favorite healing tea bag along with sweet, natural honey and comforting rum or whiskey is soothing to not only your soul but also helps ease sore throats, stuffy noses, headaches, and much more.
Hot Toddy Recipes
Hot Honey Hot Toddy
In case you need to really clear out your sinuses with a healthy dose of heat, then this Hot Honey Hot Toddy is for you. While you have your usual ingredients of water, whiskey, and lemon juice, we’re also including the use of hot honey rather than regular honey. Let the warmth wash over you for medicine you can feel working.
Apple Cinnamon Hot Toddy
An apple a day keeps the doctor away! To get your daily dose of apple, we’re mixing apple cider into your regular Hot Toddy. By simmering with honey and a cinnamon stick, it ends up producing the perfect balance of sweet as well as spice. You can also change up the flavor by choosing to use either bourbon or whiskey depending on what notes you’re looking to add.
Winter Hot Toddy
This is your OG recipe for a Hot Toddy, the kind that the hardy Scots would serve to get rid of colds and flus. The honey works as an anti-inflammatory while cloves and cinnamon offer immune system support through antimicrobial properties. Not to mention, the calming way that bourbon interacts with your body can put you into a restful sleep better than melatonin.
Hot Honey Toddy
There’s something special about roses as the flower of love. Its inclusion in our Hot Honey Toddy brings something new to this traditional recipe while not changing too much. The subtle floral notes add an earthy sweetness that fuses our souls with the soil below us. We encourage you to get creative here and try something other than the suggested singer tea bags to tweak this recipe to your needs.
Smokin’ Hot Teddy
If you’ve fried your vocal chords by smoking like singer Teddy Swims, then you need our Smokin’ Hot Teddy to repair the burn. This is your ultimate version of a Hot Toddy that we believe could totally cure any disease. Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke mixes with Domaine de Canton French Ginger Liqueur, raw honey, cara cara oranges, lemon juice, cinnamon, as well as clove to cover all the bases.
Story by Kylie Thomas
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