Perhaps I am addicted to twittering. The jury is still out on that topic. The problem is that I have met so many nice tea people that I keep returning to chat with them. Add to the fact that I love to learn and my twitter tea peeps (love the twitter slang) always post tidbits of information that I would have never found without them, heightens the experience.
I’m sure you are wondering, “what does twitter have to do with hot toddys?” Well, I’ll tell you. A few days ago, we began discussing the therapeutic power of the fabled hot toddy. One of my twitter tea peeps wasn’t feeling well and someone recommended a hot toddy. That discussion moved into how to make an “authentic” hot toddy – to add tea or not to add tea was one of the questions. Which led to someone sending me a recipe.
The infamous recipe:
- 3/4 cup of tea
- 2 shots of bourbon
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 slice of lemon
Instructions: Steep tea then add honey and stir. Combine bourbon and lemon slice, stir and enjoy.
Last night, I prepared a hot toddy for my husband using the recipe above using Zhi’s Ginger Peach Oolong, Gentleman’s Jack and 1/4 tsp lemon. In addition, I prepared a hot toddy for myself using a modified version of the recipe above. For lightweight drinkers like myself here is a modified hot toddy recipe:
- 3/4 cup tea
- 1 shot of bourbon
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tsp lemon
Again, I used Zhi’s Ginger Peach Oolong and Gentleman’s Jack. The end result… both the hubby and I were out like a light never to wake until this morning. Oh yeah… my husband is expecting another hot toddy tonight. I’ll just have a cup of tea.
Hot Toddy sounds like a perfect cocktail for cold winter nights. My last blog article was about Oolong Mojitos and other tea cocktails. Looks like tea cocktails are an emerging trend.
Thanks for sharing the recipe. Will definitely try it.
Sterling,
You must return and let me know what you thought. Can’t wait to hear!
I’ve never made a hot Toddy, but I’ve been known to add some , ahem, “zing” to my hot tea on a cold winter’s occasion!
Scrabblequeen,
You’ll have to enlighten us about what type of, ahem, “zing” you prefer to add to your tea.
I choose not to consume alcohol, but I have heard about many tea peeps adding a little something-something to their tea for various reasons.
This morning on the radio the D.J. was talking to his guest about this very subject. The guest (I don’t know who it was exactly) said “A good hot toddy is awesome, but I always have to have my wife make the tea because I can never figure out how to do it.”
Haha… I had a good laugh out of that one!
Brittiny,
Thanks for sharing! That was hilarious – actually that sounds like my husband. I wonder if he was the one who called in.
Who knew hot toddys were so popular?
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