What to do on a cold winter day? Perhaps try some new drink to warm you up. Here are 20 hot drinks for a cold day you can try. Visit a local coffee shop or try to make one yourself at home. Or make couple of different drinks and have a tasting.

20 Hot Drinks for a Cold Day

1. Tea

Spiced teas are delicious on a cold winter day. If you want a seasonal flavor, try something with ginger, chamomile, cinnamon, lemon, vanilla, blackcurrant…

2. Fresh Ginger Tea

Fresh ginger tea is easy to make at home. Chop fresh ginger into small pieces and boil in water for about 10 minutes. You can flavor it with a cinnamon stick or orange peel.

3. Honey and Lemon Tea

This drink is easy to make. Just place a slice of lemon, or squeeze the juice of a lemon, into a cup. Pour boiling water over it and add a teaspoon of honey.

4. Coffee

Coffee tastes great outdoors on a cold day. But if you are at a coffee shop, you’ll might want to spice it up a bit.

5. Gingerbread Latte

If you want a coffee with a cozy seasonal taste, you can try gingerbread latte.

6. Cinnamon Latte

Another great winter coffee is the cinnamon latte.

7. Caramel Latte

Latte sweetened with caramel syrup. Sounds great. And some whipped cream on top. That’s perfect!

8. Irish Coffee

Irish coffee usually consists hot coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar and whipped cream. You can easily make a non-alcoholic version by replacing the whiskey with rum extract or natural whiskey flavor.

9. Mulled Apple Juice

Mulled apple juice can be seasoned with spices like cinnamon, cardamon, nutmeg and ginger.

10. Apple Cider

Apple cider is delicious cold, but you can also heat it on the stove. And perhaps add a touch of cinnamon.

11. Apple Cherry Cider

If you want to spice up your apple cider a bit, you can mix it with cherry gelatin and one cinnamon stick, and create apple cherry cider.

12. Mulled Grape Juice

Mulled grape juice is a delicious drink. You can drink it as hot or cold, but on a cold winter day you’ll might prefer it hot.

13. Berry Juice

Hot berry juice tastes great on a cold day. It is usually made from blackcurrants, or is mixed with other berry juices like strawberry and/or blueberry.

14. Mulled Wine

Mulled wine, also known as spiced wine, is warm drink made of red wine. Traditionally, mulled wine contains alcohol, but there are also non-alcoholic versions.

15. Hot Cocoa

Hot cocoa (or hot chocolate) tastes great on a cold day and it is easy to make also at home.

16. Hot Vanilla

Hot vanilla drink is a nice alternative to hot chocolate. All you need is milk, sugar, vanilla extract and cinnamon. And perhaps whipped cream for decoration.

17. Hot Chocolate with Peppermint

Hot chocolate with a hint of peppermint combines the flavors of the season perfectly.

18. Hot White Chocolate

To make hot white chocolate, you can melt white chocolate chips into hot milk or use white chocolate sauce. The hot white chocolate drink can be topped with whipped cream, to make it even more delicious.

19. Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream

How to make hot chocolate more festive? Garnish it with whipped cream.

20. Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream and Marshmallows

What’s better than hot chocolate with whipped cream?
Hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows.

Hope you found something you want to try!

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