Winter Warming Drinks: What To Drink In The Cold?

Spicy, aromatic mulled wine will perfectly warm you at a ski resort or at work. And the lemon, orange and apples in its composition will provide the body with the necessary vitamins in winter.

Warming drinks in winter are one of the ways to create warmth and coziness around you. Remember how pleasant it is to touch a warm cup of fragrant tea with your palms after entering the house from the cold! But, as they say, "tea is not the only thing..." There are other drinks that will not only warm you in the winter cold, but will also be an excellent prevention of various diseases.

Aromatic cocoa

In the past, cocoa was called the "drink of the gods" for a reason. You can read about the beneficial properties of cocoa bean powder in the article 7 unusual ways to use cocoa. As for the drink itself, it should be said that cocoa is a source of antioxidants, substances useful for the heart in particular and the whole body as a whole. Thanks to its serotonin content, cocoa will not only warm you on a cold winter day, but also lift your mood.

Interesting fact: by adding a little flour, vanilla and chili pepper to cocoa, you will get "chocolatl" - an ancient drink of the Mayan Indians, which, according to connoisseurs, "rejuvenates the body and clarifies the mind."

 

Hot homemade Saturday

Zbyten was known to our ancestors a thousand years ago. This drink was prepared by mixing honey, water and various spices. Collections of medicinal herbs were often included in the mixture, which made the drink not only tasty, but also useful. Hot Saturday, due to its anti-inflammatory and warming effect, was drunk mainly in winter.

Today, the popularity of this warming drink is not so great, but that does not mean that you will not be able to enjoy its taste. Preparing Saturday meals at home is easy! Dissolve 100 grams of honey in a liter of warm water and put on medium heat. As soon as the mixture boils, add 100 grams of sugar, 2 teaspoons of dry St. John's wort, 2 buds of cloves, a few peas of black pepper and a teaspoon of cinnamon. Boil the mixture for 5-10 minutes and let it cool a little. You can add ginger and mint to the finished drink. Drink as soon as the drink cools down a little.

 

Non-alcoholic mulled wine

Everyone knows about mulled wine as wine with spices - a drink that is traditional for Austria, Germany and Switzerland. But in the popular ski resorts of these countries, frozen skiers and snowboarders are warmed up with non-alcoholic mulled wine, since skiing "under the fly" is quite dangerous.

Spicy, aromatic mulled wine will perfectly warm you at a ski resort or at work. And the lemon, orange and apples in its composition will provide the body with the necessary vitamins in winter. We prepare it as follows: for three glasses of red grape juice we take a glass of water, 2-3 mugs of orange and lemon and the same amount of apple slices. We heat water with juice on medium heat, add fruits and spices (cinnamon, cloves, star anise, cardamom, allspice) and bring everything to a boil. Let it infuse for 5-7 minutes and pour into glasses, having previously decorated them with orange and lemon zest. Please!

 

Cranberry punch

Originally, punch was a collective name for rum-based cocktails with fruit juice and fruit slices. We suggest you prepare punch based on cranberries and elderberries. Why cranberry? - You will ask. But because this berry can lie quietly in the refrigerator from late autumn to spring, and during the entire winter period it will give you health and a good mood.

American doctors included cranberries in the list of the most useful products for a reason. Read about its medicinal properties in our material Cranberry - a berry for colds. Here we will only give a recipe for a wonderful warming drink made from cranberries. So: first we prepare cranberry sauce. For 1.5 liters of water, take a glass of crushed cranberry berries and bring the mixture to a boil. Keep on medium heat for 5-10 minutes, then strain and add half a glass of sugar. The basis for the punch is ready! Add elderberry syrup and lime juice to a glass of warm fruit juice. Decorate with several cranberries.

Nepalese masala tea

Well, you can't do without tea! But masala is a very unusual warming drink based on tea and milk. The homeland of the most authentic masala tea is India. And, as the Hindus themselves say, literally every family has its own recipe for the drink. But we want to offer you the most unusual recipe - masala tea with salt. This recipe came to us from Nepal. Nepalese monks treat climbers who come to conquer Everest with such tea.

Boil 350 ml of milk, add boiling water to a liter, add strong black tea, a pinch each of coriander, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg, grated dry ginger and salt. We want to warn you right away: the taste will seem a little unusual to you at first. But such a drink has not only warming, but also tonic, as well as immunomodulating properties.

 

The traditional system of Indian medicine Ayurveda says that masala tea is useful for problematic digestion, general drowsiness, lack of energy, and also has excellent antioxidant properties.

Drink the right warming drinks and be healthy!