Hot toddy

Toddy is an English term for different beverages. In the basic meaning is meant palm wine. The term was invented by the British during the colonial period in India, as a modification of a term in Hindi. Also in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, Toddy is used as a term for the fresh palm wine, which is served in the local toddy taverns.

In America the name was then used in the southern states for cocktails, rum, sugar and nutmeg contained and prepared hot, but were drunk cold. Another name for this beverage was Bombo.

Hot Toddy

As a Hot Toddy the grog -like drink made ​​of high-proof alcohol, sugar and water is referred to, is drunk among other things, in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and in Sweden. Its origin has nothing to do with the cold beverage of the same name. The basic recipe is already in use in the 18th century in Scotland, blended as whiskey, hot water, sugar and lemon and was mixed with spices, often with nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. It was a drink for the winter. The name of the Hot Toddy is to go back to the water source Tod's well in Edinburgh. In New England the whiskey was often replaced with rum or brandy.

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• Alcohol -containing beverage