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bourbon and tea

by Tea na » Jun 20th, '08, 03:18

My husband loves the two. He says they pair very nicely.

Any one try it?

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by kymidwife » Jun 20th, '08, 08:10

Ahhhhh, whiskey and tea.... makes me nostalgic. When I was a kid, that was a home remedy concoction for cough/cold, affectionately referred to as a "hot toddy".... strong brewed black tea, alittle whiskey, sugar, and lemon. I remember loving it, and it always worked like a charm when I was coughing my head off.

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by auggy » Jun 20th, '08, 09:46

kymidwife wrote:Ahhhhh, whiskey and tea.... makes me nostalgic. When I was a kid, that was a home remedy concoction for cough/cold, affectionately referred to as a "hot toddy".... strong brewed black tea, alittle whiskey, sugar, and lemon. I remember loving it, and it always worked like a charm when I was coughing my head off.

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Lucky you. My dad made me drink tequila, lemon and honey. I did my best never to cough around him. Bleck!

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by henley » Jun 20th, '08, 10:24

auggy wrote:
kymidwife wrote:Ahhhhh, whiskey and tea.... makes me nostalgic. When I was a kid, that was a home remedy concoction for cough/cold, affectionately referred to as a "hot toddy".... strong brewed black tea, alittle whiskey, sugar, and lemon. I remember loving it, and it always worked like a charm when I was coughing my head off.

Sarah
Lucky you. My dad made me drink tequila, lemon and honey. I did my best never to cough around him. Bleck!
Some of the best cough medicine I ever had was a tablespoon of peppermint schnapps. At least it tasted good going down.

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by Pentox » Jun 20th, '08, 12:56

auggy wrote: Lucky you. My dad made me drink tequila, lemon and honey. I did my best never to cough around him. Bleck!
Your dad made you drink tequila???? Wow..

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by auggy » Jun 20th, '08, 13:55

Pentox wrote:
auggy wrote: Lucky you. My dad made me drink tequila, lemon and honey. I did my best never to cough around him. Bleck!
Your dad made you drink tequila???? Wow..
Yeah, but you try drinking it with lemon and honey with a sore throat. NOT good.

Come to think of it, a lot of my dad's remedies included alcohol. But that one was the most scarring.

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by tseirPsaduJ » Jun 24th, '08, 12:56

I think that might be interesting, if you paired the right bourbon with the right tea. Hmm.

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by Proinsias » Jun 24th, '08, 14:31

A spot of water in a single malt is needed to help open it up, that's what my dad used to tell me.

He was only half right. What is actually needed for single malt is a drop or two of cooled tea, the tough bit is which tea? Laphroig and long jing works well, Aberlour and yunnan gold were also made to be together.

I had some lovely Japanese malt recently, I should really have sorted out a few drops of sencha for it - oh well there's always next time.

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