What Drink for Cold Weather: 14 Delicious Cocktails

This post was originally written when I was looking for alcoholic cold weather beverages that would be perfect for a cold Nairobi night. Since many of you come to this post, looking for what drink for cold weather, though, I will begin this post with that.

14 Best Cold Weather Cocktails

Boston Tea Punch (Tea with rum, triple sec, and lemon)
Calypso Coffee (Coffee with Tia Maria and whip cream)
Chocolate Mint (Hot chocolate with mint liqueur)
Egg Nog (A rum based cocktail with eggs)
Connie’s Hot Buttered Rum (A rum based cocktail with ice cream as an ingredient)
Hot Rumba (Hot chocolate with rum)
Hot Toddy (Tea with brandy, honey, and lemon)
Irish Coffee (Coffee with Irish whiskey)
Italian Toddy (Based on an Italian liquor called Tuaca)
Keoki Coffee (Coffee with tequila)
Mexican Coffee (Coffee with rum and Kahlua)
Mulled Cider – (Apple cider with rum, cloves, and cinnamon)
Tom & Jerry – (rum, brandy, and eggs topped with water, milk, or coffee)
Very Merry Cocoa – (Cocoa with a cocktail of liquors)

What Drink for Cold Weather #1: Boston Tea Punch Recipe (Serves 12)

Ingredients
1 750 ml bottle dark rum
4 cups black tea
4½ oz triple sec
12 lemon slices
Sugar to taste

Directions
1. Heat rum, tea and triple sec in a saucepan.
2. Add sugar and stir until dissolved but don’t let it boil.
3.Serve in warmed punch cups or mugs.

READ ALSO: Bacardi Flavors & More on Rum

What Drink for Cold Weather #2: Calypso Coffee Recipe

Ingredients
1½ oz Tia Maria coffee liqueur
Hot coffee
Whipped cream

Directions
1. Pour the coffee into a coffee mug or Irish coffee mug.
2. Add the Tia Maria.
3. Top with whipped cream.

Cold Weather Drinks #3: Chocolate Mint

Ingredients
1 oz peppermint schnapps or crème de menthe
Hot chocolate

Directions
Combine the hot chocolate and your chosen liqueur in a footed mug.

Cold Weather Beverages #4: Egg Nog

Ingredients
3 cups gold rum
1 cup dark rum
2 quarts half & half
1 cup sugar
12 eggs
4 tsp vanilla extract
Nutmeg

Directions
1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs until light.
2. Add the sugar, then the half & half, rums, and vanilla.
3. Cover and chill over night.
4. Take out of fridge about ½ hour before serving.

Serves 20

A few evenings ago, while getting some work done, I suddenly had a craving for a stiff drink.

Strangely enough, I was in the mood for a drink that I rarely drink: brandy.

Going with the flow and obeying my craving, I walked to the nearest alcohol vendor and purchased some.

My plan was to drink the brandy mixed with juice, but as I started to pour my drink, I felt like having something more suitable for the cold weather outside.

Creating a Cocktail for Cold Weather off the Top of My Head

Off the top of my head, I couldn’t think of a warm cocktail whose ingredients I had in stock, so I ended up concocting a drink with brandy, warm milk, sugar, and cocoa powder—I guess one could call it a hot chocolate laced with brandy.

It was good, but still, I wondered what other warm cocktails I could have made.

I decided to do some research.

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