Ah , ’ tis the season . Fall in Central Oregon is notorious for being fussy … pleasantly cool and dry one week , single - fingerbreadth temps and bamboozle the next .
I ’m always surprised at the turn of weather condition when I ’m no longer sitting on the deck sippingrosemary lemonadein the gamey - desert sunshine .
Instead , I find myself cozied up in the kitchen , pouring myself a steamy red-hot toddy scent with cinnamon and clove and planning our annualChristmas tree cut adventure in the timberland .
Hot hot toddy — or hottie totties , as I sometimes like to call them — were one of the original raging cocktails and while the exact stemma are unknown , it ’s widely accepted that hot toddies were invented in Scotland in the 1700s .
I ’m quite fond of live cocktails as they always cue me of white weekends in the woods or nights spent in front of a fire .
I care them all , frommulled cranberry - orchard apple tree ciderto Irish coffee topped with cream , but hot toddy really are the perfect nightcap : not too great , not too gratifying , with medicinal benefits to boot .
Hot toddies have traditionally been used as a kinsfolk remedy to heal the vulgar cold and flu , thanks to the healing and soothing properties of its ingredients . ( In fact , mynatural coughing syrupwas inspired by this recipe . )
In its most basic form , a hot toddy is hot water sweetened with dearest , equilibrate with lemon , and fortify with whiskey .
I care to spice up it up a bit with cinnamon and cloves ( also very good for you , wellness - fresh ) and add a shot of honey whisky , which subtly enhances the bouquet . Since you ’re not toast this stuff on the rocks , a mid - grade honey whiskey works well for make hot toddy . ( I also love it with maple whisky . )
Honeylicious Hot Toddy
Makes 2 servings
Ingredients
Juice of 1 lemon2 tablespoons honey3 oz. honey whiskey2 bag black tea2 cinnamon sticks12 whole cloves2 lemon slices
Making your Honeylicious Hot Toddy
Bring a kettle of piss to a furuncle .
Between two mugs , add the lemon yellow juice , honey , dearest whiskey , tea handbag , and cinnamon .
pullulate the hot water over these ingredients and allow the tea to absorb for about 3 minutes .
Remove the tea bag and stir the red-hot toddy until well coalesce .
To garnish , stick a few cloves ( pointy ends in ) through a slice of Citrus limon . be adrift a Eugenia caryophyllatum - studded gamboge in each mug and serve .
Hot hot toddy are one of the original hot cocktail , and traditionally used as a folk remedy to cure the coarse cold and flu , thanks to the healing and soothing properties of its ingredients .
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This Charles William Post update from an clause that earlier appeared on December 19 , 2013 .
View the Web Story on myhot toddy recipe .
