How to Make a Delicious Hot Toddy

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What is a Hot Toddy? Basically booze, sugar, hot water with lemon & spices. It helps ease cold symptoms and is a great warm-up cocktail to beat cold winter months. Every winter I search for the best Hot Toddy recipe, but each one I try leaves me feeling, “meh, it’s ok.” So my wife and I created our own recipe after finding an amazing vanilla tea from one of her friends. We thought, if this tea is so great, it must be even better with alcohol! And with that, boom, here is the recipe for how to make a delicious Hot Toddy.

Delicious Bourbon Hot Toddy

A simple recipe for a bourbon & tea hot toddy to beat the cold winter months.

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Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Servings 1 cocktail

Equipment

• Tea Kettle

Ingredients

  

Spirits

• 2 oz. Bourbon I use Bulleit Bourbon, could also use whiskey.

Produce

• 1 small Lemon Squeeze juice from half a lemon. A small lemon can make two drinks.
• Lemon peel for garnish

Other Ingredients

• boiling water to fill a mug
• 1 tsp honey or 1 honey stick
• 1 bag Harney & Sons Vanilla Comoro Tea Decaf

Instructions

 

Boil Water

• Boil water in tea kettle, enough to fill a mug

Prep Mug while water boils

• Add honey to base of mug
• Peel lemon for garnish
• Squeeze lemon juice into mug
• Place tea bag in mug

Mix Cocktail after water boils

• Pour hot water over tea bag, honey & lemon mixture in the mug
• Add Bourbon
• Finish with lemon peel for garnish

Keyword Bourbon Cocktail, Cocktails, Cold Remedy, Hot Coctails, Hot Tea, Hot Toddy, Lemon, WInter

Go Full Dad Mode with your Hot Toddy

1. Favorite Tea – Make it your own by using you favorite tea.
2. Spirits – Use whiskey or scotch if you prefer.
3. Bag the Tea – If tea’s not your thing, sub out with sugar or simple syrup. Checkout Liquor.com for a simple Hot Toddy Recipe without tea.

This is a great winter cocktail and one I enjoy while grilling or waiting for meat to finish on the smoker. For more recipes, checkout the Food section from Full Dad Mode.

Thanks,
Britt