How to Make a Hot Totty

Are you feeling under the weather and need something to help you sleep besides over the counter medicine? You must be 21 to drink alcoholic beverages; but you can omit the alcohol and have a nice warm drink to ease your cold or flu symptoms.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Lemons
• Honey
• Tea (your favorite brand)
• coffee cup
• hot water
• Scottish whiskey (or any whiskey)--must be 21 yrs old
• brown sugar or white sugar
• spoon
• sharp knife
• measuring spoons for 1 tsp. and 1 tbsp.
• cutting board
• shot glass

How to make a hot totty

1. Heat your water to the point to where it is steaming hot. Pour the hot water into your standard sized coffee cup.
2. Add your tea bag and stir until it reaches the desired color and strength.
3. Remove the tea bag by placing the tea bag on the spoon and wrapping the string around it straining it while keep it stable on the spoon. When it is strained to your satisfaction, unwrap the string and drop the bag into the garbage.
4. On your cutting board, use the sharp knife and cut your lemon into slices and place one slice (skin and all) into the hot tea. Please remove seeds to avoid choking hazards. This is the recommended amount but you may modify as desired.
5. Pour in your desired amount of honey. Two Tablespoons are recommended.
6. Spoon in your desired amount of brown sugar or white sugar of your choice. 1 Teaspoon of brown sugar is recommended.
7. Measure one shot glass of Scottish whiskey and pour it into the tea. Note that this portion of the recipe is optional and intended for adults aged 21 years and older. Tequila can also be substituted depending on one's preference.
8. Enjoy and relax.

Tips & Warnings

• Best time for this tea is before bed.
• Do not mix with medications that make you drowsy.
• Do not operate machinery, or drive after drinking this tea.
• This is not intended to cure any illness or disease.
• This is not intended to replace the advice or instruction of a health care professional.