Healthy Hot Beverages You Must Consume 

Who doesn’t like to have healthy hot drinks every day? Healthy hot drinks are the best way to relax. You can add many herbal things to your healthy hot drinks to make them rich in vitamins and flavour. Having healthy hot drinks during winter also benefits your health and body. Here are the names of some of the healthy hot drinks and the hot drink recipes that you can make at home: 

Tea and Hot Beverages 

• Fruit tea

Fruit tea is a kind of healthy hot drink loaded with flavour and sweet taste. Fruit tea is low-calorie, and hence it is suitable for health. You can find many tea bags in the market but opt for the one that doesn’t contain sugar or liquorice as it can increase diabetes levels and blood pressure. 

• Ginger Tea

Ginger Tea is also considered among the healthy hot drinks. The warm and spicy ginger tea is beneficial for health and is a perfect remedy for stomach aches and nausea. The hot drink recipes for ginger tea do not require hard work; all you need to do is make it with freshly grated or sliced ginger root. After grating, pour boiled water over the grated ginger root and leave it for ten minutes to brew. You can also buy tea bags from the market for making these fantastic healthy hot drinks at home.

• Fresh Mint Tea

Mint tea is also a kind that fits into the category of healthy hot drinks. Mint has been used in history to make an Ayurvedic drink. The mint tea has low calories and is very good for health as it acts as a palate cleanser and helps improve digestion. To make these hot drink recipes, wash and tear mint leaves, add the leaves to a teapot in boiling water, and you are done. Avoid mint tea from the supermarket as it can contain sugar. 

• Green Tea

Green tea is a healthy hot drink and is also there on the menu of hot beverages in many cafes. Green tea is perfect for health. The tea is made from the same plant as black tea. It doesn’t contain sugar but contains caffeine. This drink is excellent and serves as an alternative to other beverages containing fat or sugar. In some lattes, especially Matcha lattes, green tea powder and milk are used; green tea powder contains sugar, so whenever you make a latte using low-fat milk and matcha powder that is pure. You can add sweeteners, which should have low calories. 

• Chai or Tea

Chai or tea also tops the list on the menu of hot beverages. It is very readily available, and it doesn’t take much longer to make these hot drink recipes at home. All you need is sugar, milk, tea leaves or tea powder. You can add cinnamon, cardamom, tulsi leaves, mint leaves, and black pepper to spice up your tea for additional flavour. Chai is widely available as tea bags or loose tea. Chai serves as the perfect hot beverage during the winter season. Tea is made from black tea, which is brewed, and an aromatic spices mixture is added. Avoid adding too much sugar when you are making these hot drink recipes. 

While making these hot drink recipes, add the boiled water to a tea bag and mix warm milk containing low fat to make this drink healthy and ensure no sugar or a little sugar if you like your tea sweet. However chai has many benefits, but it also contains caffeine. Therefore, you must drink tea within limits. Tea should be consumed, and there should be a tea-consuming habit like having these hot beverages during the afternoon or evening. Some people even take morning tea or bed tea.

• Hot Lemon

Hot lemon is a hot beverage; this is good for health and is a very healthy beverage that is beneficial for health and the body. It’s very easy to make and consume. To make these hot drink recipes, you don’t require many ingredients. All you need is fresh lemon, salt, and boiling water. First, you need to squeeze the fresh lemon juice into a mug, then you can add an extra slice of lemon, or you may not. After adding the lemon, you need to top the lemon with boiling water to prepare this drink. This drink helps regulate body weight as it doesn’t contain fat; lemon is essential for digestion and is very good for the stomach. You can also make lemonade but need cold water and sugar.


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• Hot chocolate

When it comes to hot chocolate, people start salivating by its name; it is one of the most amazing hot beverages to have or drink. Hot chocolate is a must on every hot beverage menu in every café or restaurant. Hot chocolate drinks are good to drink during the winter season. However, one should not have this hot beverage every day, and even if they have, they should lessen the sugar content as it can lead to weight gain and increase the risk of heart disease. 

A lot of creams in these hot beverages, especially hot chocolate beverages of different varieties, will add more calories and fat, which can also impact cholesterol levels. If you want to prepare these hot drink recipes, all you need is some dark chocolate or chocolate low on sugar, low-fat milk, unsweetened cocoa powder and a sweetener of low calories.

• Coffee

You can have this hot beverage in any café, restaurant or local shop. It is one of the hot beverages that are cheaply available and costly in places. You can easily make it at home. In the name of the hot beverages menu, coffee is a hot beverage which finds its place first and tops the list. Coffee is available in a variety of types. There are various types of coffee on the menu of hot beverages, like cappuccino, latte, etc., to make these hot drink recipes. You must buy ingredients that contain low sugar and less fat to make it healthy for an everyday hot drink, as a latte contains whole milk, which contains calories. 

Therefore, use low-fat milk for making milk coffee to cut the fat and calorie level. You should avoid sugary syrups as vanilla and gingerbread lattes contain sugar and are flavoured. To make your hot coffee drinks flavorful add a pinch of ground cinnamon powder to your cappuccino for sweetness, which also lessens the calories in your hot beverages.

• Herbal tea

It is also one of the healthiest hot beverages to add to a daily diet. It can be made at home easily, and the advantage of this tea is that it doesn’t contain caffeine. Many herbal teas are available in the market; the best options you can add to your herbal tea are tulsi, lemongrass, ginger, honey, etc. 

• Turmeric milk

Turmeric tea is a healthy hot beverage; it is also called Golden Milk. This beverage has many benefits. They are rich in antioxidants and have antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. It can be consumed by people when they have body aches or inflammation in the body. This beverage is also very good for people who are suffering from diabetes. Drinking turmeric milk increases heart health, prevents skin diseases and gives a lot of health benefits to the body by building tissues and purifying blood. This drink is also perfect for people who suffer from joint pain. This hot drink recipe is also easy to make. All you need is milk, turmeric and some spices if you wish to add flavour to your drink.

• Coconut tea 

Well, many people may not have heard about this beverage. This beverage is very good for health and is a hot beverage. To make these hot drink recipes, you need cinnamon, essential oil and slow simmering. It’s not hard to make as you must let it simmer for 5 minutes. You can remove the coconut tea from the heat and stir it in essential oils like cinnamon. After doing this, you need to strain and enjoy the drink. There are many advantages of these beverages as it helps in boosting immunity, and therefore, if you add this to your diet, it will be healthy. 

This drink is also suitable for soothing inflammation and helps recover from digestive problems. The drink also has anti-bacterial, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. The drink is helpful as it can help the body fight against diseases. The taste is delicious, and it’s easy to make at home.

Conclusion

Healthy hot drinks not only make your day but keep you healthy. So next time you feel lazy or want to feel refreshed, try these healthy hot drinks. They will surely keep you going for a great day. Above is the list of several beverages; go ahead and choose which is best for you and read the benefits they give you. 

 

Authored By: Bhavishya Pahwa

About the Author:  Bhavishya Pahwa is a budding writer who has always confided in a pen. He believes that art is a cure-all and that introspection followed by writing can add to the sanity of the world.