10 hot drinks for those tired of regular tea and coffee

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

You don't need any special culinary skills to prepare hot drinks. Even a beginner can handle this. There are simple recipes, there are more complicated ones, and two more drinks came to us from books.

Plain hot drinks

1. Red citrus tea

Sweet and sour drink with a bright citrus aroma. It replaces regular tea well.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of hibiscus tea;
• 1-2 lemon wedges;
• 1-2 orange slices;
• 1-2 slices of grapefruit;
• 500 ml of water;
• honey or sugar to taste.

How to cook

Peel the slices of lemon, orange and grapefruit from the peel and films. Put the hibiscus and fruit in a saucepan. Pre-boil the water, pour it over the fruit and tea.

If you want to add sugar, put it with fruit and tea, stir. Put on a small fire. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, cover with lid. Let it brew for 2-3 minutes. Pour into cups and serve. If adding honey, place it in a cup just before serving.

Note: do not boil the hibiscus petals for a very long time - they will turn gray. And it is better not to put honey in boiling tea, but add it to a cooled drink. So it will retain its aroma and benefits.

2. Berry tea

Sour, very aromatic and healthy tea, which is ideal for desserts.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons blueberries
• 2 tablespoons of blueberries;
• 2 tablespoons strawberries
• 2 tablespoons of strawberries;
• 500 ml of water;
• honey or sugar to taste.

How to cook

Mash the berries in a cup or mortar. Transfer this mixture to a kettle. Add sugar. Pour boiling water over the grated berries, stir. Place the lid on the kettle. It is advisable to wrap it in a towel or put a tea woman on it. This tea should be infused for at least 10 minutes. Add honey just before serving.

Note: you can use fresh, frozen or dried berries. If you are using dried berries, you need to take two teaspoons, not tablespoons of each fruit. You can also add dried leaves from berry bushes to this tea - it will be even tastier.

3. Sea buckthorn tea

A must-have item in the autumn-winter menu is aromatic sea buckthorn tea. He is credited with almost healing properties, but it seems to me that he is just very tasty.

Ingredients

• 100 g sea buckthorn;
• 1 teaspoon grated ginger
• cinnamon stick;
• star anise;
• 500 ml of water;
• honey or sugar to taste.

How to cook

In a saucepan, mash the sea buckthorn with a fork, add the ginger, stir. Add sugar and stir again. Cover with water and put on fire. When the tea boils, remove from heat, put the spices in a saucepan and cover. Tea is infused for at least 7 minutes. Add honey before serving.

4. Apple peel drink

This drink is very similar to a broth. It will come in handy for pies, cheesecakes and any pastries.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons dry apple peel or dried apples
• ½ cinnamon sticks;
• 500 ml of water;
• honey or sugar to taste.

How to cook

Put dry apple peel and cinnamon stick in a saucepan, cover with cold water, put on fire, cover. Without removing the lid, bring the tea to a boil, remove from the stove and let it brew for 15 minutes. Wrap the saucepan in a cloth or cover with a tea woman. You can add sugar and honey before serving.

Original hot drinks

5. Whipped milk with syrup

This drink is served in many restaurants, coffee shops and pastry shops, but it is quite expensive. We pacify the inner curmudgeon and prepare milk and syrup on our own.

Ingredients

• a glass of milk;
• a few drops of any syrup (lavender, coffee, chocolate, caramel, fruit).

How to cook

Pour the milk into a saucepan and heat slowly. The drink should be hot, but the milk does not need to be boiled. When hot, remove from heat. If there is a shaker, pour the milk into it and add the syrup. Then whisk and gently pour into a glass to prevent the foam from falling.

Milk can be whipped with a mixer or poured into a jar and shaken vigorously. The foam should be dense and contain small bubbles.

Note: lavender and other syrups are available at the supermarket. If you don't want to buy, you can cook it yourself. Combine a glass of water, a glass of sugar and 2 tablespoons of dried lavender, cook for a minute, and then strain.

6. Non-alcoholic mulled wine

Many people love mulled wine, but not everyone can afford to enjoy its heady sips. We solve the problem and prepare hot and aromatic non-alcoholic mulled wine.

Ingredients

• 1 liter cherry juice;
• 3 tablespoons of berry syrup;
• 3 tablespoons of honey;
• 3-4 orange slices;
• 3-4 lemon wedges;
• cinnamon stick;
• 3 carnation buds;
• star anise.

How to cook

Pour juice and syrup into a saucepan, put on low heat. The drink should not boil. While it is heating, add the spices. Add fruit wedges. It will be better if you clean them from the outer films so that only the pulp gets into the mulled wine. Warm up the spice drink. When it's hot and fragrant, remove from the stove. Add honey to mulled wine before serving.

Fictional hot drinks

Hot drinks go well with a pleasant evening with a book. It's even cooler if the drink seems to have come off the pages of your favorite fantasy or fairy tale.

7. Creamy beer from Harry Potter

There are a lot of recipes for butter beer. The authentic version necessarily includes ale and butter. To be honest: I imagined butter beer not at all intoxicating, but sweet, rich and a little heady. Since "Harry Potter" is a novel by a British writer, butter beer should be prepared in the tradition of English cuisine, but we will do otherwise.

Ingredients

• 1 liter of milk;
• 500 g vanilla ice cream;
• 5 tablespoons of caramel sauce;
• 75 g dark rum.

How to cook

Heat the milk in a saucepan, but do not boil it. Remove from heat, place ice cream in hot milk and stir. When the sundae has melted, place the pot on very low heat and stir gently. When the mixture is slightly hot, pour into a blender, add the caramel sauce and rum. Beat until a dense foam of small bubbles appears. Transfer to a thick-walled cup. You can decorate with caramel crumbs or chocolate.

Note: caramel sauce can be replaced with boiled condensed milk. If you don't have a blender, whisk everything together. It is advisable not to use low-fat milk or poor quality ice cream. A mixture of these foods is likely to stratify when heated.

8. Grog from Game of Thrones

Cersei was clearly not sipping tea from her glass.

Ingredients

• 50 ml of wine;
• 70 ml dark rum;
• 50 ml of water;
• 2 teaspoons of sugar or honey;
• nutmeg on the tip of a knife.

How to cook

Pour water and sugar into a saucepan. Put on a small fire, heat. When the sugar is dissolved, pour the rum and wine into a saucepan, stir. Add nutmeg, remove from heat, and pour into a large glass.

Chocolate hot drinks

9. White hot chocolate with pumpkin

An alternative to the boring pumpkin latte.

Ingredients

• ½ l milk;
• 200 g pumpkin puree;
• 100 g of white chocolate;
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
• ground cinnamon on the tip of a knife;
• ground ginger on the tip of a knife;
• nutmeg on the tip of a knife.

How to cook

Combine milk, pumpkin puree, and spices in a thick-walled saucepan. Put on low heat, but do not let it boil. When the mixture is hot, remove the pan from the heat. Break the white chocolate into pieces and add to the milk. Stir until the chocolate is dissolved.

Note: pumpkin puree is very simple to make: bake the pumpkin slices in the oven and whisk in the mashed potatoes in a blender. The finished drink can be garnished with chocolate or caramel sauce. This hot drink can be flavored with a pinch of salt added to the cup.

10. Spicy hot chocolate

Seems to be the most extravagant and complex drink on this list.

Ingredients

• 300 ml of milk;
• 100 g of dark chocolate;
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
• cinnamon stick;
• chilli;
• 1 tablespoon of brandy;
• sugar to taste.

How to cook

Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Heat the milk in a separate saucepan (not boiling), add sugar, cinnamon, chili. If you like very spicy dishes, break up the chili and chop it into a saucepan, not forgetting about the seeds. Heat the spiced milk. Remove from the stove and pour through a sieve into a bowl of chocolate. Add cognac and sugar to taste. Stir, keep for 10-15 minutes in a water bath. Serve in small cups.

Bon Appetit!