Beverages American

Cold & Flu Spiced Lemon Punch

Orange, lemon and pineapple juices warm slowly with cinnamon and cloves in a sweet citrus punch. It may feel soothing when you are under the weather, but it is still a drink, not a tiny physician in a mug.

Cold & Flu Spiced Lemon Punch

What It Is

Orange, lemon and pineapple juices warm slowly with cinnamon and cloves in a sweet citrus punch. It may feel soothing when you are under the weather, but it is still a drink, not a tiny physician in a mug.

Origin

This is my american-leaning version, built around the ingredients and method that give the recipe its character.

Fun Fact

Warm liquids can feel soothing for a sore throat and help with hydration, but they do not cure viral infections.

Prep
10 min
Cook
2 hr 30 min
Temp
Slow cooker LOW
Total
2 hr 40 min
Servings
10 mugs
(assuming no one present is secretly a moose)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free
Away Mission
40 min walk
(roughly one away mission's worth of running from something that wants you dead)
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Ingredients

  • 2½ quarts water
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1½ cups orange juice
  • ½ cup + 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • ¼ cup pineapple juice
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • ½ tsp whole cloves

Steps

  1. Combine water, sugar and juices in a slow cooker.
  2. Tie cinnamon and cloves in cheesecloth and add to the cooker.
  3. Cook on LOW for 2–3 hours until hot. Discard the spice bag and serve warm.

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Notes

Keep the comfort-food name; lose the medical promises. If you are genuinely sick, this can be a nice warm drink while actual healthcare does the healthcare.

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 mug
Calories 180
Burning this off: one Tragically Hip song, played loud, on a treadmill.
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.0 g 0%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 10 mg 0%
Carbohydrate 47.0 g
Fibre 0.5 g 2%
Sugars 44.0 g 44%
Protein 0.0 g
Potassium 140 mg 3%
Calcium 10 mg 1%
Iron 0.2 mg 1%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
A genuinely respectable nutrition profile. No red flags here — go ahead and feel a little smug about it.

Substitutions

Use equivalent ingredients where needed for allergies or availability, but keep the main sweet/sour/salty/spicy balance intact. This is cooking, not a hostage negotiation.

Storage

Keep covered and chilled. Fresh-fruit or dairy drinks are best used within 1–2 days; fizzy drinks are happiest served the same day before the bubbles file for retirement.

Freezing

Freeze still fruit bases or concentrates if useful, but add carbonation after thawing. Dairy-heavy drinks are better made fresh.