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

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What drink can warm you up? ›

There's nothing wrong with a traditional Hot Toddy, Irish Coffee, Hot Buttered Rum, Spiced Apple Cider, or booze-spiked Hot Chocolate—but the world of hot co*cktails is wide, and these eight drinks created by top bar pros reimagine those favorites in spectacular fashion, offering a wide variety of renditions perfect for ...

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Espresso drinks like Cortado, Gibraltar, Breve, Latte, Americano, Macchiato, Cappuccino, Flat White, or Pumpkin Spice Latte. Coffee like Spanish Coffee, Pour Over Coffee, or Moka Pot Coffee. Tea drinks like How to Make Tea, French Press Tea, Perfect Tea Latte or 8 Tea Latte Recipes.

Ginger tea

Drinking ginger tea has multiple health benefits, but in terms of increasing energy, it is famous for its use in Chinese medicine as a way of targeting the energy pathways of the body.

Chai. Chai is a spiced tea that originated in India, and is now popular around the world. It is made with black tea, milk, and a blend of spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger. Chai is known for its warming, invigorating qualities.

Fluffy: “Fluffy” is a term commonly used in New Zealand and Australia to describe a similar drink for children. A fluffy is essentially a frothed milk drink, similar to a babyccino. It's usually served in a small cup or glass and can also include a sprinkle of chocolate or other toppings.

It's traditionally made with the creamy liqueur Advocaat, a mixture of egg yolks, sugar, brandy and vanilla, which can either be homemade or bought from a supermarket. It gets its name from the dome of white foam at the top of the drink that's created when you combine the Advocaat with lemonade.

50 ml gin (2 shots, Plymouth or Bombay saphire good choice) 25 ml lime-flavored vodka (Finlandia lime) 250 ml tonic water.

Hot toddy is a warming drink combining water, whiskey, honey and lemon juice. It is often drunken as a nightcap and traditionally taken as a remedy to help ease the symptoms of colds and flu.

What hot drinks lower blood pressure? ›

Black or green tea may lower blood pressure, according to a 2020 review and meta-analysis. Meta-regression findings suggested that drinking more tea over extended periods of 3 months or more resulted in greater decreases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

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.

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.

"You've got to think that most of your body is water," White said. "You're putting a little bit of a warm fluid into it. So, it will increase your body temperature temporarily for a little bit of time." Smalling said that temperature change is about 2.5 degrees and will only last for about 20 minutes.

Layer up

Base layers such as thermal vests or long sleeve tops are fairly inexpensive and can work well to trap heat. Keep a look out for clothing made from wool, cotton or fleecy fabric. One reader, Irene Horsburgh, said: "Layer your clothes, even inside. Get a good warm pair of slippers and wear socks with them."

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.