Hot stuff.

It’s cold outside, so come on in and have something nice and warm to drink. We found some interesting recipes for hot drinks in Sydsvenska Dagbladet. Pick a favorite. 

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  Old-fashioned hot chocolate à la Mormor.

• Hot chocolate à la Mormor
  ½ Tablespoon cocoa
  1 Tablespoon sugar
  1 oz heavy cream
  1 cup milk
  Put cocoa and sugar in a large teacup. Pour the cream over and stir until smooth. Heat the milk and add it and stir until it’s all nice and smooth.

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  Ginger spice latte topped with whipped cream.

• Ginger spice latte with whipped cream
  4 cinnamon sticks
  ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  ½ teaspoon cloves
  a pinch of ginger
  a pinch of allspice
  1 cup heavy cream
  1¾ cups milk
  3 cups coffee
  Whip the cream and make the coffee (and keep it warm). Heat the milk and stir in the spices in the milk. Remove from plate. Pour the coffee into 4 tall glasses or big cups, add the milk. Garnish with cream and cinnamon sticks.

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  Kashmir tea.

• Kashmir tea
  Stockholm-based web designer Jonas Melcherson went on a trip around the world, and among the things he brought back is this recipe from a journey to Kashmir.
  Liquid honey
  1½ Tablespoons almonds, crushed
  2 pinches of saffron
  1 cinnamon stick
  4 cardamom kernels
  1 tealeaf
  Put everything except the almonds and honey in a pot and bring to a boil, lower the heat and let simmer for 5 minutes. Divide the crushed almonds into four cups or tall glasses, pour in the tea and add honey to taste. Try to find as dark and rich honey as possible. The honey in Kashmir looks like dark syrup.