{"id":1609,"date":"2010-12-05T22:28:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T05:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2010-12-05T22:28:46","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T05:28:46","slug":"hot-toddy-deeply-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1609","title":{"rendered":"Hot Toddy – Deeply Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"

After mixing up Hot Toddies for three weeks I’d like to share with you some life changing epiphanies I’ve had.\u00c2\u00a0 Problem is, I haven’t had any.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m still not head over heals in love with hot drinks, though the Hot Toddy definitely got me another baby step closer to liking them.\u00c2\u00a0 Nothing earth moving there.\u00c2\u00a0 I can’t share any incredible recipes that I’ve found, either.\u00c2\u00a0 My main take away from my experiments is a really simple one.\u00c2\u00a0 Next time it’s cold out and I’m looking for a nice relaxer I’m going to make myself a toddy, sit in front of the fire and decompress.\u00c2\u00a0 I can hear a not small subset of you saying “well, duh”.<\/p>\n

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As for the myriad toddy recipes out there, I again have some plain yet I hope good advice.\u00c2\u00a0 You know that toddy recipe you’ve been mixing up for years and really love?\u00c2\u00a0 That’s the one you should keep mixing up.\u00c2\u00a0 Not because there aren’t possibly different, super interesting options out there.\u00c2\u00a0 No, it’s not that at all.\u00c2\u00a0 You should keep mixing that tried and true recipe because of all the relaxation and warming it’s brought you in the past.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s those good memories that will make your recipe awesome every time you make it.<\/p>\n

Some tips?\u00c2\u00a0 Okay, here you go.\u00c2\u00a0 As for brown liquor, pick whatever you’re partial to at the time.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve tried brandy, rum and whiskey and can say they’re all good.\u00c2\u00a0 They each have their own strengths and whichever you’re partial to in other cocktails will likely be the one you’ll enjoy most in a toddy.\u00c2\u00a0 In the realm of spices the sky truly is the limit.\u00c2\u00a0 That said, here are the ones I find particularly good: allspice (2-3 berries), cinnamon (a stick), cloves (3-4), nutmeg (a couple grates on top), and, as Greg suggested on my intro, a star anise adds nice flavor and looks really stunning in the glass.\u00c2\u00a0 For sweetening I’d stick with honey.\u00c2\u00a0 I contemplated maple syrup and agave nectar and while both would probably be pretty tasty I felt that their flavors might contrast the spices too much.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally a bit of citrus is essential.\u00c2\u00a0 I like both lemon and orange.\u00c2\u00a0 The lemon is going to add a brighter note to the drink where orange will add a smoother, warmer note.\u00c2\u00a0 Go with what you have on hand and make sure to zest them right over the drink to get those oils mixed in as well.<\/p>\n

So, there you have it.\u00c2\u00a0 As I said at the start, no incredible new discoveries here.\u00c2\u00a0 Just an introduction to a relaxing drink as we descend into the depths of winter.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay warm my friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After mixing up Hot Toddies for three weeks I’d like to share with you some life changing epiphanies I’ve had.\u00c2\u00a0 Problem is, I haven’t had any.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m still not head over heals in love with hot drinks, though the Hot Toddy definitely got me another baby step closer to liking them.\u00c2\u00a0 Nothing earth moving there.\u00c2\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[160,203],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wrap-up","tag-hot-toddy","tag-wrap-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1610,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions\/1610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}