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

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Buttered Rum Hot Chocolate

Buttered rum is one of the classic hot alcoholic drinks; here it meets up with hot cocoa made extra-rich with chopped bittersweet chocolate and brown sugar.

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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.

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.

Warm beverages like herbal teas, hot water with lemon, or ginger tea can temporarily raise our body temperature due to their warmth and specific properties.

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.

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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.

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.

Unsweetened coconut water is the best choice when it is very hot. This might surprise some people, but fat-free or skim milk is especially good when trying to rehydrate children. It is high in protein, carbs, calcium, and electrolytes. Milk also helps replenish the sodium that is lost when a person sweats.