Spiced Green Tea Hot Toddy

The kids have come down with this flu bug that is going around so lack of sleep due to stuffiness, sore throats and coughing is making them grumpy. Last night I made the eldest a hot toddy. Coming from Scotland we grew up with hot toddies as a cure for the cold and to stifle the sniffles. We got the basic hot toddies - hot water, lemon, honey and whisky, my gran would make a cheats one if she didn't have lemons and whisky, just heat up some lemonade add some honey and enjoy, I have made this one many times for my kids over the years and they loved it but now that their tastes are getting more adventurous I have been adding various spices for extra goodness to boost their immune systems. As they love anything with green tea I thought I would make one using a green tea teabag and they really enjoyed it.

Ingredients

1 1/2-2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
3 whole cloves
1 green tea teabag
1 slice fresh ginger
juice from 1 lemon
1/8 Tsp turmeric powder
3 Tbsp honey
1 1/2 Tbsp whisky

Method

1. Put water, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and turmeric in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

2. Remove from heat, discard cinnamon stick, ginger and cloves. Add green tea teabag and steep for 8 minutes covered.

3. Remove teabag and put back on a medium heat, stir in lemon juice, whisky and honey, heat until honey is dissolved. Pour into a cup, garnish with lemon slice and enjoy.

A delicious soothing drink.

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