Classic hot toddy

Name: Classic hot toddy
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 30ml Irish whiskey (try Bushmills or Jameson); 2-3 cloves; Slices of lemon (optional); 1 large tsp demerara sugar

Easy
February 2006

Serves 1
Ready in 5 mins

Nothing can warm you and lift your spirits in the depths of winter like a hot toddy. The warm whisky cocktail is so soothing, some use it for medicinal purposes; it’s a great decongestant.

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Ingredients

30ml Irish whiskey (try Bushmills or Jameson)
2-3 cloves
Slices of lemon (optional)
1 large tsp demerara sugar

Method

Pour the whiskey into a thick glass tumbler, add the cloves and stir. Top up with very hot – but not boiling – water, to taste.
Add a lemon slice, or two, then stir in the sugar. Drink while very warm, inhaling the steam.

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