Hot toddy

clipped from www.taste.com.au Ingredients (serves 2) 80ml (1/3 cup) Tennessee whiskey 60ml (1/4 cup) fresh lemon juice 1 1/2 tbs honey 2 x 7cm cinnamon sticks, bruised 12 whole cloves 250ml (1 cup) boiling water 2 x 5cm-strips lemon peel, to serve Place the whiskey, lemon juice, honey, cinnamon and cloves in a heatproof jug. Add the boiling water and stir until honey dissolves. Pour among serving glasses. Add the lemon rind and serve immediately. clipped from en.wikipedia.org Hot toddy is a name given to a mixed drink that is served hot, believed to have originated in the 18th century to make the taste of Scotch more palatable to women. The first written mention of distilling Scotch whisky is in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, 1495.[1][unreliable source?]