When the golden honey, orange, tea and spicy brandy make a bobsled ride of sweet heat down your winter challenged throat and chest, and those toasted vapors hit your stuffy passages - you just may AHHH out loud. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcBuS6w1t0BCZ8gtp4jhUSbFRzwJXF7kBK5vo06LjgJGyU2zqIJUFDFlpqOUj4E8rXa6leMcybslmOoHp5-rT8qp5Trq7SU6ICukr2Vu_kGfeVj-6EWrHOwqNxXBwDqWfBgI9Nwzi9a8o/s400/hot+toddy20005.JPG)
Let me just say that this simple hot tea toddy will be 100 times better made with fresh brewed "real" tea, brewed for no more than 4 minutes with just below boiling water. If you've never had a "hot toddy", or you thought it was just something your grandmother's grandmother said when she really meant "moonshine". You need to take 5 minutes and try one of these. There's a reason they've been around for hundreds of years - they're good and they work "fer whut ails ya".
Some hot toddies include butter and frothy egg whites or cream. Those are really fun, too. But, this one is just a simple "make me smile and breathe happy" quickie.
For each glass:
1) Drizzle a tsp. of honey around the inside of the glass
2) Squeeze a little citrus (I used a Raspberry Blood Orange)
3) Pour in a shot (or two) of any good spicy brandy (you can also use rum or whiskey)
4) Fill the remainder of the glass with fresh brewed hot tea (I used a Mango and Passionfruit Rooibos)
4 comments:
OH! GOODY! It's blood orange season. Of course it's always Toddy season... GREG
Great recipe on an old favourite! A hot toddy is a wonderful way to warm up!
This would making getting sick worth it!!! I remember my dad making one of these for me when I was sick but I think the weather we've been having definitely calls for one of these even if you aren't sick!!
yum! i love hot beverages. cant wait to make this!
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