Now hands up and let’s be honest people, who kinda enjoys having a cold because it means you get to have a hot toddy because it quote makes you feel better. Just me then!!

This recipe is dead simple for a non fancy cocktail maker like myself and it has a great Hollywood history – the drink appears in classic flick Car On A Hot Tin Roof from 1958. It’s medicinal roots date back colonial times when it was thought to have been brought back from expats living in India. Traditionally the toddy palm was tapped for it’s sap and fermented to make palm wine but as with most things it’s been adapted over the years. 

The whisky and lemon in the drink help sooth a sore throat aggravated by coughing as well as acting as a natural aid to sleeping which everyone knows is the best remedy to any ailment.

Ingredients

50ml Scotch Whisky

Fresh lemon juice

1 Lemon

I Tablespoon honey

Ground cinnamon

Cinnamon stick

5 Cloves

Boiling water

To make just pour the whisky and honey into a heatproof glass. Add half a glass of boiling water and stir vigorously. Spear five cloves into the skin of a lemon slice and place into the glass; add a sprinklinh of cinnamon and a large dash of lemon juice Stir again and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Enjoy!