How Bostonist Fights the Cold

No matter how many layers Bostonist piles on for our daily commute, when the weather is like it is today, we end up having to shake our hands like a dried-up pen just to get blood circulating to our numb fingertips. Weather like this calls for more than just extra layers and Venezuelan heating oil. It calls for warm, soothing booze drinks, to be sipped upon arriving home from work. To that end, we offer you our recent favorite, an easy treat that we invented but which probably already existed and has some weird name we've never heard of. While we realize that it's only a matter of time before some old hand posts a comment chiding us for thinking we came up with this and telling us it's called a "Meford Carburetor" (or something), for now we'll just call it Bostonist's Boozy Hot Chocolate:

Ingredients

• 2-3 tablespoons chocolate syrup (depending on how chocolatey you like it)


• 1/2 cup Kahlua (again, subject to modification based on degree of booziness desired)


• 1½ cups milk (this is meant to be a treat, so Bostonist prefers whole or a mix of whole and half-and-half. 2% is acceptable. Skim is absolutely forbidden)


• 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg


• 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon


• whipped cream (preferably dispensed from an aerosol can)

Preparation

• Place chocolate syrup, Kahlua, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a large mug. No need to mix 'em, just put 'em in.


• Heat milk. Bostonist likes to do this on the stove in a small saucepan, but it can be accomlished just as well with about two minutes on high in the old microwave.


• Pour hot milk into mug and stir till everything is well-mixed.


• Take a sip, pause a moment to consider, then add a little more Kahlua.


• Carefully fill top of mug with whip cream, using a sprial formation so the whip cream can rise above the rim of the cup (presentation is everything).


• Drink up.


• Repeat until you are suffused with a warm feeling.