Santa'S Hot Toddy
- 1 tablespoon vanilla orchid tea
- 1 1/2 inch cinnamon stick
- 20 whole black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon sourwood honey, because it is buttery
- 2 ounces Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey
- 5 one inch thin strips of lemon zest
- boiling water, you want the water to have just stopped boiling when you pour it over the tea
- Place the tea, cinnamon, 8 of the black peppercorns and 3 strips of the zest into the basket of a 2 1/2 cup tea pot.
- Pour 2 cups of "just stopped boiling" water into the pot and set a timer for 4 minutes. At the end of the four minutes pour the tea down the drain reserving all the ingredients
- Add the honey to the pot. Now pour 2 more cups of "just stopped boiling" water over the tea ingredients and let them steep for 6 minutes.
- While the tea is steeping place one ounce each of whiskey in two 6 oz. tea cups. Add a strip of zest and 8 peppercorns to each cup.
- At the end of six minutes remove the tea ingredients from the pot and place a lid on the tea pot. Take the two tea cups and the tea pot over by the fire and pour four ounces of tea into each cup. Enjoy Christmas Eve and have a Merry Christmas to all.
vanilla orchid tea, cinnamon, black peppercorns, honey, lemon zest, boiling water
Taken from food52.com/recipes/8355-santa-s-hot-toddy (may not work)