Make Warm Drinks for the Holidays

Celebrate winter holidays and surprise your guests by making these delicious, unique drinks from scratch!

Steps

 * 1) [[Image:Honey Show 2 3360.jpg|thumb|250px]]Make Sbiten In Russia, Sbiten (Cyrillic: збитень) is a traditional honey-based beverage consumed during the winter months. It's actually very simple to prepare and tastes a lot like fruity tea.
 * 2) [[Image:Mulled_beer_510.jpg|thumb|Drinking mulled beer on a chilly day|250px]]Make Mulled Beer Want a hot glass of beer? Yes, you heard it correctly. For most of beer's 100 centuries of history, people enjoyed it without any kind of refrigeration, and so can you. This sweet, creamy recipe will warm you up on any cold, winter night.
 * 3) [[Image:00_891.JPG|thumb|250px]]Make Hot Chocolate Don't confuse hot chocolate with hot cocoa. Hot chocolate is made with actual chocolate and is a richer, much more substantial beverage. The latter is produced from cocoa powder or from a manufactured product containing cocoa powder such as hot cocoa mixes available at grocery stores. This article will serve as a guideline to how you can prepare real hot chocolate.
 * 4) [[Image:Bourbon, eggnog and bubbles 7107.jpg|thumb|200px]]Make Eggnog Commercial eggnog is usually available during the holidays, but why buy some when you can make the real thing from scratch? All you really need are eggs, milk, cream, and sugar (plus alcohol, if that's how you like it).
 * 5) [[Image:Filtering Cider 1618.jpg|thumb|250px|Filtering apple cider]]Make Apple Cider Apple cider is refreshing when cold, and comforting when hot. It's pretty easy to make your own (soft) apple cider. If you'd like to make hard cider, however, take a look at How to Ferment Cider Using Wild Yeasts.
 * 6) [[Image:The mead is ready! 8364.jpg|thumb|250px]]Make Mead When you mix water and honey and ferment it with yeast, you get mead, an alcoholic drink often referred to as "honey wine". The holidays are a perfect time to enjoy this hot, ancient beverage.
 * 7) [[Image:A nice cup of tea 7750.jpg|thumb|250px]] Make Tea  When a few leaves of tea dropped into water in ancient China, this drink began. Whether it be tea bags or the old fashioned method, milk or without milk, a cup of tea is an enjoyable affair.

Related Tips and Steps

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