As you may be aware, I am fighting off a bout of Covid. If you are looking for a good time, I wouldn’t recommend Covid as something to take care of it. I’m feeling a lot better, but I still have wonky taste buds and my nose only gets about half of what it usually does. Which means that bourbon reviews will need to wait until next week. But in the mean time I’m pulling old posts out of the archives and resurfacing them in order to get them some love.
Tonight, since I’ve recently been sick, I thought it might be time to bring back a bit of “medicine” from the first year of the site. I developed this recipe about 10 years ago and I still love it when I’m feeling under the weather. Especially if I have a sore throat. I didn’t have a sore throat with my case of the VID, but my wife did and so I was reminded of this. She calls it her “cough medicine.”
So what is it? Well, a hot toddy, of course. Warmth to make the throat feel good and bourbon to make the body feel good. Plus it tastes good too. I make mine with Chai Tea (usually decaf as I drink this before bed), a high proof bourbon such as Knob Creek Single Barrel (Wild Turkey or any Bonded Bourbon would work too), honey (I like Savannah Bee Company's Tupelo Honey, but the bourbon-infused honeys that I’ve reviewed would probably work well too) and lemon juice.
This has gotten me though a decade of colds, flus and now Covid. Only feels right to share it with you as well.
Chai Tea Hot Toddy
Chai Tea (Decaf): one tea bag and 6 oz hot water (not quite boiling)
1 oz Honey
1 oz Lemon Juice
2 oz 100° Proof (or higher) Bourbon
Make the tea as you normally would. Let it steep the length of time the manufacturer recommends.
Add lemon and honey. Stir. Might want to check the temp to make sure that it is below 173°F at this point before you add your bourbon.
Once it has cooled, add bourbon. (I use a high proof one to because I'm adding so much other liquid and flavor.)
Stir, sip and enjoy.
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