15 Hot Drink Recipes to Heat Up Your Soul, With and Without Alcohol (2024)

FAQs

What is the best hot alcoholic drink for a cold? ›

Besides being a warm and tasty co*cktail, the hot toddy is known for its medicinal benefits. Most recipes combine whiskey, or bourbon, with hot water, a spoonful of honey and a slice of lemon. Then, the toddy is often spiced with cloves and cinnamon for even more warmth.

Child Friendly Campfire Hot Drinks

All you'll need is some milk and a big spoonful of Nutella! Warm the milk gently, when it's hot enough you can give everyone a cup of hot milk. The kids will love the next bit. Just allow each person to spoon out a dollop of Nutella and mix it through themselves.

Drink Ginger Tea

Hot ginger tea can make you feel warm inside on a cold day. Ginger is known to be good for digestive health and can stimulate thermogenesis. It's also a diaphoretic, which means it will help your body warm from the inside out.

Drinking enough fluids is one of the most important things you can do to prevent heat illness. Water is generally sufficient for hydration.

Water is the best choice for quenching your thirst. Coffee and tea, without added sweeteners, are healthy choices, too. Some beverages should be limited or consumed in moderation, including fruit juice, milk, and those made with low-calorie sweeteners, like diet drinks.

Tea. An aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia.

For boosted immunity and/or sickness relief, try making lemon-ginger-cinnamon tea or a hot toddy. To make the immune-boosting tea, simply squeeze half a lemon into a mug and add the lemon rind. Add one or two cinnamon sticks and five slices of peeled ginger root.

Sip warm liquids. A cold remedy used in many cultures, taking in warm liquids, such as chicken soup, tea or warm apple juice, might be soothing and might ease congestion by increasing mucus flow. Try honey. Honey may help coughs in adults and children who are older than age 1.

Place the cup to be filled on a table or tray before pouring the beverage; never pour hot beverages while the customer is holding the cup. Do not reach over people to pour. Set down filled cups away from the table edge and in front of the customer. Never place hot beverages within reach of a young child.

How do you make hot drinks cold fast? ›

Freezing: Pour your hot drink into a heat-safe container and place it in the freezer for a few minutes to cool it down quickly. Be careful not to freeze the drink completely. Water bath: Place your hot drink container in a bowl or sink filled with ice water to cool it down quickly.

Lemonade

Lemonade is a classic summer drink that not only cools you down but also helps prevent dehydration. Moreover, lemonade aids in digestion, help keep blood sugar in check and boost weight loss as well. You can even crush some mint leaves and add them to your lemonade for an extra refreshing flavour.

Go for a walk or a jog. If it's too cold outside, hit the gym, or just do some jumping jacks, pushups, or other exercises indoors. Not only will it warm you up, it helps build and keep your muscles, which also burn calories and make body heat.