Author Notes
After lots of experimentation and a look into the (really, really interesting!) history of the Hot Toddy, I discovered my favorite method is to go light on the sugar but heavy on the citrus. You know, for its medicinal properties (ahem). —Wonderland Kitchen
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Ingredients
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1/2
orange, juiced
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1/2
lemon, juiced
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2 ounces
bourbon or rye
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4 ounces
hot water
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2 teaspoons
honey
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1 pinch
nutmeg
Directions
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Juice the citrus into a footed glass mug. Add spirit of your choice and hot water. Stir in the honey and garnish with a scratch of nutmeg, which "lends a Dickensian note to the whole affair" a friend suggests.
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