Winter warm drinks. Warming drinks

Winter is coming, and hot summer days are still so clear in my memory and. But even "in the lordship of autumn evenings" there is charm. The soul craves romance, and the body craves warmth. We cover ourselves with soft blankets, sit down closer to the fireplace with batteries, take a book in our hands or get ready to watch a pleasant one ... And we understand that for complete happiness we just need to drink a delicious warming drink and feel how relaxing warmth spreads through the body. Well, it's time to cook

Drinks for cold autumn days

Hot apple cider with cinnamon

Autumn is apple time, there is nothing more natural than apple drinks at this time of the year. And cinnamon will add a spicy warming taste and aroma. Nutritionists say that cinnamon improves metabolism and helps to get rid of excess weight, and this is especially true in winter.

The drink is very easy to prepare.

Cut the apples into a saucepan with water and bring to a boil. (apple juice without pulp can be used instead of water)
After boiling, add a small cinnamon stick. It is better not to use ground cinnamon, as small grains of cinnamon do not dissolve in water.
Add honey or caramel syrup to taste.
Boil for a couple of minutes, turn off the heat, cover the saucepan with a lid and infuse the drink for half an hour.
Strain and drink the drink warm or hot, pouring into prepared apple molds.

Milk with honey and turmeric (golden)

For the prevention and treatment of colds, there is nothing better than milk with honey and turmeric. This drink not only warms and relaxes well, but also has an anti-inflammatory effect. There is no need to say that it is very tasty - everyone who has ever tasted it knows this.

It is not difficult to prepare it:

Warm the milk to 40 degrees, you should not heat it up anymore, since the beneficial substances contained in honey are destroyed by high temperatures.
Add honey at the rate of one teaspoon per glass of milk.
Add a pinch of turmeric and stir well.

In rare cases, turmeric, like any other spice, can cause allergic reactions. If you have not eaten this wonderful spice before, put it just a little for the first time and monitor the reaction of the body.

Ginger tea with lemon and mint

You can prepare this drink in different ways:

You can finely chop a piece of ginger into a teapot, add a slice of lemon and a couple of mint leaves and pour boiling water over it. After half an hour, the drink will infuse and be ready to drink.
If you don't want to wait, you can bring water to a boil in a saucepan, add chopped ginger, lemon, and mint, and simmer for five minutes. This decoction no longer needs to be insisted, it is ready for use.
You can sweeten the drink with sugar or honey.

Non-alcoholic mulled wine

With the onset of cold weather, many people remember mulled wine, but the benefits of alcohol are still doubtful. However, nothing prevents you from preparing a non-alcoholic version of this warming drink and enjoying it with the whole family.

You will need:

grape juice,
lemon,
spice set: cloves, cinnamon, ground cardamom, ground ginger and nutmeg.

For 1 liter of grape juice, you need half a teaspoon of ground cardamom, 5 cloves, half a teaspoon of cinnamon, a teaspoon of ginger, a small pinch of nutmeg and a couple of lemon slices.

You can buy a ready-made mixture of spices for mulled wine, it is sold in stores. When all the ingredients are ready, you can start cooking mulled wine.

Pour the juice into the pan (you can take any dishes except aluminum)
Heat it until small bubbles appear, but do not boil!
Turn off the fire.
Throw a mixture of spices, lemon into the hot juice and infuse the drink for half an hour.

If the juice is sour, you can add a little sugar, and honey is better. Your mulled wine is ready, enjoy!

spiced tea latte

Do you think this drink can only be enjoyed at Starbucks? Nothing like it - it is quite possible to recreate it yourself. The availability of its ingredients in any supermarket makes it even easier to make chai latte at home.

Ingredients for two servings:

200 ml. water and milk
Half a tablespoon of black tea
Half teaspoon ground cardamom
A teaspoon of ground cinnamon
5 - 6 carnation inflorescences
Half teaspoon ground ginger
A pinch of ground white pepper, ground nutmeg, star anise
A dash of ground black pepper
Sugar or honey to taste

The cooking process is very simple. It is necessary to pour water and milk into a container for cooking, bring to a boil and add spices and spices. Cook for 5-7 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, leave for half an hour, strain through a strainer and enjoy a wonderful drink!

Have a nice autumn holiday!

The hot summer is over, the warm autumn is also coming to an end and the cold is inexorably approaching. And what could be better than a glass of hot drink when you want to warm up. Moreover, warming drinks can be not only tasty, but also healthy. So, it will help protect against colds in the season of increased incidence.

What to drink in winter

Despite the fact that Russia belongs to countries with moderate climatic conditions, in recent years, autumn begins early, and the cold comes for a long time. And winters are becoming more and more severe every year. So what aromatic warming drink to choose?

It turns out that not only tea or coffee can be hot, but also grog, mulled wine or sbiten. With the help of such a drink, you can not only warm up, but also significantly improve your mood in bad weather, as well as strengthen your health. Considering the moderation of the consumption of such a drink.

Gourmets can opt for herbal teas, drinks based on milk, chocolate or honey. Moreover, the combination of ingredients can be chosen according to your own taste. Thanks to this, the taste of the drink itself can be new every time.

Warming drinks

Of course, the main drink of the cold season is tea. And regardless of which tea you choose (green, black, herbal Kalmyk or other), each will have valuable beneficial properties. The easiest way to make tea as healthy as possible is to add lemon, honey or ginger to it.

Speaking of healthy drinks, one cannot help but stop at milk. Remember that adults are not shown fat milk. But milk with a low percentage of fat content will be a source of calcium, and vitamins, and protein. It is useful to combine milk with turmeric (natural "antibiotic"), which will help strengthen the body without harming the intestinal microflora.

No wonder cocoa was once called the "drink of the gods." This drink is a source of antioxidants, substances that are good for the heart and improve mood, thanks to the ability to produce the hormone of joy - serotonin. Moreover, the taste of cocoa made from natural ingredients is similar to hot chocolate.

In the cold season, one should not forget about berry decoctions, as well as fruit drinks, which will help strengthen the immune system with taste.

It is important to remember that alcohol-based warming drinks can only be consumed in an amount that is safe for health - 250 ml (glass).

How to make warm drinks

Lemon Ginger Tea. Such a drink should be prepared in a thermos. You need to take a ginger root (about 2 cm) and finely chopped, put in a thermos. The lemon should also be cut, but already into larger pieces, for example, into 8 pieces. You should not immediately add sugar, in general it is best to replace it with honey and add it to the finished tea right before drinking.

Putting ginger and lemon in a thermos, pour boiling water over everything and leave overnight. Starting the next morning, you can drink lemon-ginger tea in small portions. Such a drink will not only perfectly warm, but also invigorate, activate the metabolic process and digestion, help get rid of toxins, and will also become simply an indispensable assistant for those who have colds.

Those unfamiliar with ginger should be careful to add less of it the first time, as this root has a very spicy taste.

orange cinnamon drink. Cinnamon for the preparation of such a drink is best used not in powder, but with sticks. So sliced orange (1 pc.), Together with cinnamon (1-2 sticks) must be brewed with boiling water directly in a thermos and left for at least 8 hours. Such a drink will also be an excellent firming and tonic in the cold season.

Mulled wine. Mulled wine is considered a low-alcohol wine drink, which is often enriched with orange or apple slices, liqueur, cognac or rum. However, all additional ingredients should not interrupt the classic taste and aroma of mulled wine.

To prepare mulled wine, you need a bottle of red (preferably semi-sweet) wine. You also need to take a few pieces of cloves (no more than seven), an eighth of nutmeg, allspice (3-5 peas), a cinnamon stick and half of one orange (cut into slices). Put everything except wine in a saucepan, pour cold water (0.5 cups) and boil for no more than 2-3 minutes. After that, turning off the heat, insist under the lid (about 15 minutes). After the allotted time, put the saucepan back on the fire, pour the wine into it and bring it almost to the boiling point.

Hot "drunk" chocolate. Such a drink will appeal to all sweet tooth, warming and uplifting. To make chocolate for a large group of friends (about 12 servings), you will need a bottle of vodka. You also need to take a two-hundred-gram pack of butter and melt it in a water bath, mix it with 150 grams of granulated sugar and 200 grams of dark chocolate in the same place. The mixture should become completely homogeneous. Next, carefully pour in a bottle of vodka, stirring thoroughly. The mixture should be heated until small bubbles appear on the surface of the drink, but it should not boil. You need to drink such chocolate hot, pouring it into ceramic cups.

English grog. English grog is based on black tea. Such a drink will help to warm up quickly, even with hypothermia, relieve the first symptoms of a cold, help the heart work and activate breathing. Grog should be consumed in small sips, slowly.

To prepare an English warming drink, boil a glass of clean water in a saucepan, combine with the same amount of vodka, add a glass of sugar and boil for about five minutes. Prepare strong tea in advance (50 grams of tea leaves per liter of water), which should be well infused. Combine the infused tea with hot syrup and mix thoroughly. Enjoy hot drinks in moderation.

Kalmyk tea. For those who are driving or simply do not like drinks with alcohol, Kalmyk tea is suitable. Such a drink perfectly tones and allows you to concentrate, at the same time it relieves muscle tension.

To prepare Kalmyk tea, you need to brew five tablespoons of tea leaves with two liters of boiling water, combine with a liter of milk and 50 grams of butter. After thoroughly mixing the drink, it should be supplemented with a pinch of black pepper and two teaspoons of salt. Regular consumption of Kalmyk tea will strengthen the immune system and add strength.

Sbiten. This old Russian drink will help in maintaining health, especially in the cold season. However, it takes some skill to prepare it.

Having combined 150 grams of honey and a glass of water, you need to boil the mixture, removing the foam. After you need to dissolve 100 grams of sugar in a glass of hot water and pour into honey. The resulting mixture should be boiled over low heat until a mixture of a homogeneous consistency is obtained. In another container, you need to prepare a decoction of spices. In two liters of water, bring to a boil a mixture of mint and St. John's wort with ginger root, ground cinnamon, black peppercorns and two cloves. At the end of cooking, combine honey-sugar syrup and a decoction of spices, and stir well.

milk punch. Such a drink will be useful in case of a decrease in the body's defenses, after suffering stress or a hard day's work. The best time to drink milk punch is in the evening before bed.

To make a milk punch, you will need a glass of milk, 15 ml of cognac, half a teaspoon of cinnamon and a spoonful of honey. In the cold season, punch is best consumed hot.

Tea Menshikov. Such a drink will help to warm up after a long stay in the cold, for example, after fishing or hunting (even mushroom hunting). Also, this tea will help with the first signs of a cold and add strength.

Of course, the involvement of Prince Menshikov in the creation of this recipe has not been confirmed by anyone, but this does not beg for its warming properties.

To prepare tea, you need 3 cups of strong brewed black tea, a glass of honey and one glass of vodka. All ingredients should be brought to a boil and consumed immediately, pouring into glass glasses.

Warm up in a delicious and healthy way, while remembering to drink alcohol-based beverages in moderation.

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In the cold season, more than ever, we want what we drink every day not only to quench our thirst, but also to give us a new charge of strength. In winter, the body needs fluid not only to provide moisture - the right drinks can also strengthen the immune system and prevent a cold from even a single chance. Therefore, let's look at 10 different warming drinks that will not only cheer you up, but also improve your well-being.

Non-alcoholic warming drinks

Sbiten

You will need: 150 g of honey, 100 g of sugar, 2 g of cinnamon, several dried mint leaves, 4-5 black peppercorns, 4-5 dried clove flowers and two teaspoons of ground ginger.

Cooking method:

Add honey to a glass of water, heat to a boil. Boil for about three minutes, periodically removing the foam.
Pour another glass of hot water, add sugar. Stir thoroughly, let the sugar dissolve. Then add the liquid to the mixture from step 1.
Pour about 2 liters of water into a saucepan and add all the spices (cinnamon, mint, etc.) to the water. Bring to a boil, then carefully strain the broth.
Combine sugar-honey mixture and broth with spices. Stir thoroughly, leave to brew until cool.

In addition to being an excellent warming drink, sbiten stimulates metabolism and is also used as an anti-inflammatory and antiviral agent.

Chamomile tea

Chamomile tea in itself relieves inflammation well, and in combination with linden and honey, it will be an indispensable tool in the fight against colds.

Cooking method: in a glass of boiled water, add one teaspoon of dried chamomile and linden flowers. Add a few teaspoons of honey if desired. Stir, wait about 20 minutes. It is best to divide one glass into a day: drink a third of the glass before meals three times a day.

Mulled wine

It's not just an unusual, pleasant-tasting drink, mulled wine is also great for relieving cold and flu symptoms.

You will need: one and a half liters of grape juice, one orange, 5 cloves, about a quarter of a teaspoon of nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of ground ginger, 2-4 tablespoons of sugar.

Cooking method: mix all the spices with each other, pour 100 ml of water and boil. After that, let the broth brew for about 10 minutes and strain. Cut the orange into slices. Stir in the grape juice, orange slices and spiced tea, then bring the mixture to a boil. Optionally, you can add apples, honey or raisins. Serve the drink hot.

Hot chocolate

This is a great dessert, it supports and stimulates the brain, speeds up metabolism and improves mood. In addition, the drink is quite satisfying.

For cooking you will need: 250 ml of milk, 2 tablespoons of water, approximately 100 g of dark chocolate.

Cooking method: Melt chocolate in water until smooth, stirring occasionally. Then, in a separate container, heat the milk to a boil and carefully pour it with the chocolate mixture. Boil the drink for several minutes, mixing thoroughly. You can add sugar, cinnamon or vanilla at this stage. Beat the resulting mass well and pour into mugs.

Orange and cinnamon drink

You will need: one orange, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 liter of water. The method of preparation is very simple and fast, but it takes a very long time to wait until the drink is infused.

Cooking method: Add orange slices and cinnamon to a liter of hot water, mix well and leave for about 8 hours. Boiling water destroys vitamin C, which is contained in an orange, so it is better not to use boiling water, but just hot water.

Cinnamon improves metabolism and maintains a good mood, while orange is rich in vitamins and minerals, which we especially lack in winter.

Rosehip infusion

Rose hips contain a large amount of vitamin C, and are also a diuretic.

You will need: 3 tablespoons of dry rose hips, half a liter of boiled water, if desired - a few teaspoons of honey.

Grind the wild rose (you can use a "masher" for mashed potatoes) and pour boiling water over it. You can add honey at this stage. It is best to leave the drink in a thermos overnight. Strain in the morning and drink 4 times a day before meals.

Alcoholic warming drinks

Punch

This wonderful hot drink is now the most popular in England, so here we will look at the recipe for making English punch.

For a drink you will need: half a liter of cognac, 0.25 l of rum, 0.25 l of liquor, 0.1 l of vodka, 1 l of black tea, 250 g of sugar, 3 proteins, 3 lemons, 1 orange.

Making punch is a fairly complex process, so let's look at it in order:

Mix 3 teaspoons of sugar and 3 proteins. Stir until sugar dissolves.
Peel the orange with a grater, divide it into slices and squeeze the juice from two lemons. Divide one lemon into slices.
Stir in tea, remaining sugar, grated orange peel, lemon juice, protein/sugar mixture, orange and lemon wedges.
Add cognac, liquor, vodka, rum to the mixture.
Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.

Punch is most often poured with a ladle into wide cups or mugs, and drunk hot.

Grog

This is a strong warming drink made on the basis of rum. Sometime in the 18th century, Vice Admiral Edward Vernon, also called Old Grog, decided to fight the drunkenness of the British Navy. To do this, he ordered all sailors to dilute with water and juice a portion of rum, which was allowed to them to fight scurvy. This is how grog appeared, however, over time, the ingredients changed.

To prepare a modern grog you will need: 2 cups of water, 2 cloves, one pinch of ground cinnamon, one pinch of ground black pepper, 20 g of mint syrup, a bottle of rum (0.75 liters), 1 tablespoon of sugar.

The recipe is quite simple: add all the ingredients except rum to the water and mix thoroughly. Bring the mixture to a boil, remove from heat, pour over the rum. The drink is ready.

Krambambulya

This is an old Belarusian drink, which appeared during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It is sold in many stores and restaurants, but it will be much more interesting to cook it yourself.

You will need: half a liter of vodka, 2 tablespoons of honey, a little ground nutmeg (~one pinch), 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and the same amount of cloves, 3 black peppercorns.

Cooking method:

Mix a glass of vodka and a glass of water, add spices and honey to the liquid.
Put on fire, bring to a boil. Leave the drink to boil for about 10 minutes.
Pour in the rest of the vodka, reduce the heat to a minimum and close the container with a lid. Leave for five minutes.
Add peppercorns, strain the drink.

Hot chocolate with rum

A very quick and simple recipe, for a drink you need: 25 ml of rum and 125 ml of cocoa. Cook cocoa, add rum, mix the drink. Top with whipped cream and grated chocolate, if desired. The drink is ready.

If you are often outside in cold weather, get in the habit of taking a thermos of a warming drink with you. As soon as you feel cold, take just a couple of sips - your body will instantly warm up.

However, remember that the use of alcoholic beverages can lead to unpleasant consequences, of which the most common is intoxication and a hangover, even despite many.

Every winter we traditionally fight against viruses and colds. In severe situations, of course, you should immediately consult a doctor. And for prevention purposes, and just to warm up on a gloomy evening, we have prepared a selection of vitamin drinks for you.

Fruit punch, fragrant mulled wine, cranberry tea, sbiten, apple-ginger drink and sea-buckthorn-orange juice: as they say, more liquid! Drink and don't get sick!

Photo: K. Vinogradov/BurdaMedia

You will need:

300 g cranberries

1 pear
1 apple
70 g granulated sugar
1 piece of ginger root (about 3 cm)
500 ml black tea
4 cloves
1 table. honey spoon
1 cinnamon stick
juice and zest of 1 lemon
200 ml apple juice

Cooking:

Sort the cranberries, wash and dry on a paper towel. Wash the pear and apple, dry it, cut each fruit in half and remove the core with seeds. Cut the pulp into slices. Transfer to a small saucepan with cranberries and add sugar.
Wash the ginger root, peel and chop. Add to a saucepan, pour over hot tea, put spices, honey and bring to a boil. Pour in apple and lemon juice and heat.
Pour into tall thick-walled glasses and serve. Each glass can be garnished with lemon zest.

You will need:

For 12 servings

150 g sugar

1.25 l milk
150 ml cognac
300 ml rum
2 eggs
1 orange

Cooking:

Wash the eggs and break into a deep bowl. Pour in half the milk and beat with a whisk.
Pour the remaining milk into a saucepan, add sugar and stir until it dissolves. Bring milk to a boil, but do not boil. Allow to cool slightly and, without ceasing to stir, first pour in the milk-egg mixture in one portion, and then - gradually - rum and cognac.
Shake the punch and pour into glasses. Garnish with thin orange slices and orange zest.

You will need:

1 orange
1 apple

1 piece of ginger root (2 cm)
juice and zest of 1 lemon
2 star anise
4 cloves
1/2 tsp. tablespoons ground cinnamon
500 ml dry red wine

Cooking:

Wash orange and apple and cut into slices. Peel the ginger root and grate it on a fine grater.
Put all the prepared ingredients in a saucepan, add the juice and zest of 1 lemon, anise, cloves, cinnamon and pour over the wine.
Put on fire and heat, not boiling. Leave on fire for 5 minutes, covered with a lid, then pour into glasses and serve.

You will need:

1 bottle of Cahors
1 orange
3 black peppercorns
5 buds of fragrant cloves
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon a spoonful of liquid honey
1 pinch of salt

Cooking:

Wash the orange, dry it and cut into thin circles, remove the seeds. Place orange slices in a saucepan, add black peppercorns and cloves.
Pour cahors over spiced orange, add ground cinnamon, salt and stir honey. Put the saucepan on the fire and, with constant stirring, bring the contents almost to a boil (do not boil). Remove the saucepan from the heat immediately.
Allow the drink to brew under the lid for 10 minutes. Then strain through a fine strainer and pour into clear glasses. Put an orange slice in each, after decorating them with a “crown” of clove buds.

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You will need:

1 orange
3 allspice peas
5 pieces. carnations
1 bottle of semi-sweet red wine
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1 table. honey spoon
50 g raisins
50 g peeled almonds

Cooking:

Wash the orange thoroughly, dry well with a paper towel and cut into thin slices. Remove seeds. Place orange slices in a small saucepan, add allspice and clove buds.
Pour wine, add ground cinnamon and honey. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly, and immediately remove from heat. Close the pan tightly with a lid and let the mulled wine brew in a warm place for 20-30 minutes.
Sort the raisins, rinse thoroughly and dry well on a paper towel. Then spread out along with almonds in thick-walled transparent glasses. Strain the drink and carefully pour into glasses with almonds and raisins. Decorate as desired and serve immediately.

Photo: K. Vinogradov/BurdaMedia

You will need:

1 table. green tea spoon
4 sprigs of mint

2 cloves
4 pink peppercorns
300 g cranberries
100 g granulated sugar

Cooking:

Green tea, along with 3 sprigs of mint, cloves and pink pepper, pour 500 ml of water at a temperature of 85-90 ° C and wrap.
Mash cranberries with sugar, pour in 300 ml of water and bring to a boil. Strain.
Mix cranberry broth with infusion of tea, mint and spices. Pour into thick glasses, garnish with mint leaves from the remaining sprig and serve immediately.

Photo: Oleg Kulagin/BurdaMedia

You will need:

For 4 persons

100 g cranberries

100 g honey
3 table. spoons of sugar
800 ml water
2-3 cloves
1/2 tsp. spoons of cinnamon
8 pcs. cardamom
1 pinch of mint and oregano
1 bay leaf

Cooking:

Wash the cranberries, dry them, then mash with a crush and squeeze the juice through cheesecloth. Squeeze pour 1.5 liters of water, bring to a boil, cook for 5 minutes and strain.
In the resulting broth, add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, as well as dried herbs and bay leaf. Boil for 10 minutes over low heat.
Strain the broth, add honey, cranberry juice and bring to a boil again. Serve hot on the table. In a slightly cooled sbiten, you can add 50 ml of cognac or vodka (optional).

8. Sbiten with zhenka

Photo: Valentina Bilunova/BurdaMedia

You will need:

For 4 servings

300 g honey

1.5 cups sugar
4 cinnamon sticks
8 pcs. cardamom
2 tsp cloves
ginger root (4 cm)
bay leaf (1-2 pieces)

Cooking:

Dissolve honey in 1 liter of hot water, bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes. Then add all the spices and boil for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and strain.
Heat up a dry frying pan and add sugar to it. Melt it for 3-5 minutes. Then pour in about 100 ml of water and boil. With the resulting mixture, tint the sbiten, adding it little by little until the desired color is obtained.

Rinse sea buckthorn berries under running water. Let the water drain.
Pour boiling water over oranges, pat dry. Remove the peel using a sharp grater.
Pour boiling water over the peel of oranges and boil for 20-25 minutes over low heat. Then let the broth brew for 20-30 minutes and strain it.
Transfer the sea buckthorn berries and orange pulp to an enameled bowl and mash with a wooden pusher or spoon until the pulp is separated from the skin and seeds.
Place a sieve on the pan, line it with gauze in 2 layers. Put the sea buckthorn-orange mass on a sieve. Leave for 15-20 minutes for the juice to drain into the pan. Bones and skins will remain on the gauze. Then you can additionally squeeze the gauze with your hands so that the remaining juice gets to the main mass.
Add sugar to the decoction of orange peel. Bring to a boil while stirring, then cool.
Pour the juice of sea buckthorn and orange into the resulting orange syrup, mix.

Be healthy!

Sbiten is a drink served hot without fail, the recipe of which was invented many centuries ago in Russia. It consists of the following ingredients: honey, all kinds of spices, water and medicinal herbal preparations. Warming appeared in ancient Russia earlier than the well-known tea. References to Sbiten were found in Slavic chronicles dated 1128. This drink was made in a samovar. It is believed that sbiten got its name from the word "shoot down". During its preparation, herbs and honey were infused separately, and both drinks were thoroughly mixed before drinking.

As such, there was no single recipe for making this strong drink. Each inhabitant of ancient Russia prepared it according to his own special technology. The only thing that has always remained unchanged is the high temperature of the drink, its burning spice, medicinal properties and the sweet taste of honey. Most often, sbiten was drunk in cold, dank weather, as well as in case of illness and depressive mood. Currently, you can prepare this ancient Russian drink for yourself.
In order to prepare sbiten, you will need the following ingredients:

2 teaspoons mint;
150 grams of natural honey;
1 teaspoon cinnamon;
2 liters of water;
¼ teaspoon of ginger powder;
100 grams of granulated sugar;
6 black peppercorns;
3 teaspoons of dried St. John's wort;
2 cloves.

Cooking:

Pour honey with one glass of clean water and boil. Remove the foam formed during the boiling process with a spoon. In another bowl, pour sugar with one glass of water and add boiled honey there. Put the resulting mixture on fire and cook over low heat. Make sure the liquid doesn't boil. Pour the spices with the remaining amount of water, close the lid and leave to stand for half an hour. After that, strain the infusion and add it to the honey-sugar mixture. Heat the sbiten, but do not bring it to a boil. The drink is ready.

Non-alcoholic mulled wine

At the heart of such a drink as mulled wine is grape juice. In addition to it, the composition also includes the following ingredients: ginger, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, lemon peel, pieces of kiwi, apple, orange peel. Preparing mulled wine is not difficult at all. To prepare this drink, you need to pour these spices with water and boil them. Then add juice and fruit. Boil the drink again and you can pour it into glasses specially designed for serving mulled wine. Each of them is decorated with a slice of lime and a mint leaf. Mulled wine will help you not to freeze in winter, when there is a snowstorm and bitter frosts outside the window.

Indian tea

Real Indian tea is made from milk, spices and strong brew. In another way, such warming drinks are called "masala". Translated from the Indian language, this term means "a mixture of spices." Residents of different regions of India prepare "masala" according to their own special recipe. To prepare this drink, you need to take cardamom, star anise, cloves, cinnamon and ginger and grind these spices in a blender. After that, pour the spices with water and bring to a boil. Add a small amount of milk, some black tea and boil the drink again. Before drinking the prepared masala, let it stand for a while.

Ginger tea

Ginger gained particular popularity during the fashion for vegetarianism. This tonic drink has a tart and slightly burning taste. In addition to the fact that ginger tea is able to warm the body well, it can also be used to prevent both colds and viral diseases. This drink is very easy to prepare.

To make ginger tea you will need:

1 teaspoon of honey;
200 milliliters of water;
1 centimeter of ginger root;
a small slice of lemon.

Cooking:

Peel the skin off the ginger root and cut it into small pieces. Put chopped ginger into boiling water, turn off the heat and leave to stand for seven minutes. Add honey and lemon. It is preferable to drink ginger tea before meals, as it can reduce appetite and help the body digest food. Do not drink ginger tea before bed, as it has a stimulating effect on the body.

Chinese tea

A real tea with an unforgettable taste can only be born in China. For many hundreds of years in this country, this drink has been treated as a shrine. Even the ceremony dedicated to drinking tea is like some kind of sacred rite. In terms of taste, Chinese tea surpasses all other varieties of tea (Indonesian, Kenyan, Ceylon tea). Tea, born in the Yunnan province of China, is a versatile drink. It has a smoky aroma. You can use this tea as a basis for preparing warming drinks with all kinds of additives. An excellent example of such teas are such drinks as Puer and oolong teas.

Hot chocolate

Hot chocolate is a great way to warm up in bad weather and cheer yourself up. Such a drink is able to be quickly absorbed by the body and give a feeling of warmth and satiety. Hot food contains the hormone serotonin, which is responsible for a good mood. Also, the drink will help to make coughing fits weaker. If you want to make hot chocolate yourself, take 300 milliliters of milk and pour 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder into it. Add about 3 teaspoons of granulated sugar, 50 milliliters of water, a little salt and bring to a boil. Ready hot chocolate can be poured into a large deep mug and topped with whipped cream or grated white or bitter chocolate.

Warming drinks - non-alcoholic delicious hot drinks recipes! was last modified: January 21st, 2013 by admin