It’s time to say goodbye to sore throats and feel better with Cinnamon Sore Throat Tea! This tasty remedy is the perfect way to get well soon. Grab the recipe today and make this comforting drink!
Best of all it’ll help soothe your sore throat because this tea for sore throat is so good, it’s the best tea for sore throat! It’s easy to make even when you’re sick, and it’s delicious. If you’d like to Jump to Recipe quickly, please feel free.
Recipes like my Orange Cinnamon Moscow Mule, Cold Curing Apple Cider, and Cinnamon Dolce Latte are great for when you want a cinnamon spiced drink with minimal effort. I love a delicious beverage, and this is one of my Drink Recipes you’ll want in your recipe box!
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Why you want this recipe
Anything that helps me feel better, I’m ALL for! That’s where this Cinnamon Sore Throat Tea comes in.
It’s good; it soothes and coats; comforts; it tastes yummy.
It’s the perfect tea recipe for sore throat.
Easy to make
It’s easy to make too, so even if you’re home alone and don’t feel like doing anything, you can make it quickly and crawl back in bed.
Make it in the microwave or on the stove-top, whatever’s easiest for you.
This Cinnamon Sore Throat Tea has ginger to help nausea as well, as I often get nauseous when I’m sick.
What milk should I use?
Use the milk of your choice for this homemade tea for sore throat, dairy, plant-based, it’s all good, besides, I’m a big believer in using what already tastes good to you.
For the pictures I used two different kinds of milk so you could see there’s a little difference in the way it looks.
I used cashew milk and 2% dairy milk. Both were good, and both coated and soothed.
Can I use a different milk?
If you’re worried about the fact that milk may increase mucus (as many people have commented), again, feel free to use plant-based milk, as it works great!
There are so many kinds of milks that taste good – coconut, homemade cashew milk, cashew, rice, almond, soy, dairy milk, cream, use what you like, and what you feel comfortable with.
I’ve made this with all kinds of milks, and a whole bunch of brands of milks. Please note that a thinner milk may make the taste of the drink a bit spicier than a thicker creamier milk.
What is it a tea?
In this instance, herbal tea is a hot drink made from the infusion of dried leaves, fruit, or flowers. Cinnamon and ginger are both dried materials coming from plants. So, this is a type of herbal tea.
These may be called tisanes or herbal infusions to prevent confusion, but for simplicity’s sake, it’s called a tea, just to simplify how it’s named.
Adding honey and milk and other ingredients helps to season and sweeten the drink.
If you’d like, feel free to add “tea” to the brew.
And, as I always say, don’t worry about what it’s called, just enjoy how delicious it is.
Or, feel free to call it a steamer. Or even call it a cinnamon herbal tea drink, nighty night milk drink, sore throat relief drink, warm milk drink, or sore throat remedy drink if you prefer.
Can I use something other than honey?
Yes, you can replace the honey in this with maple syrup for a vegan alternative, or if you’re allergic to honey.
Or, use any liquid sweetener of choice.
Don’t give this to children under 1 year old, as honey isn’t safe for them.
Can I heat honey safely?
Heating up raw honey will change the makeup of the honey, and potentially weaken or destroy enzymes, vitamins, and minerals, but it will not give you a horrible disease, turn it toxic, cause you to get sick, or poison you.
Yes, prolonged exposure to very high temperatures in the oven or on the grill honey can potentially weaken or destroy some of the nutritional make-up of the honey. But this recipe does not have you heat it in a prolonged or aggressive manner.
Even within the beehive itself honey can reach temperatures of 95° F. So, heating honey to around this temperature is just fine, and will leave the health benefits of the honey intact.
In addition, heating up crystallized honey is a great way to make the honey more liquid and easier to handle.
So rest assured, that heating honey in this recipe is perfectly safe.
Spices
As for the spices in the drink, yes, you can feel free to play around with them.
If you’re allergic to ginger or can’t have it due to medical reasons, try swapping it with cardamom, turmeric, allspice, nutmeg, or mace. Or simply leave it out.
Add a dash of vanilla extract or almond extract if you like!
Each spice will change the flavor a bit, but you might find a spice blend that suits you perfectly!
Anytime Treat
Besides being great for when you aren’t feeling well, this cinnamon tea for sore throat is yummy anytime, as an evening snack to relax before bedtime, or as a breakfast drink instead of coffee.
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More drinks that will help you feel better
I’m all for tasty drinks that are natural and help me feel better. Maybe that boost of vitamin C might even help fight off a cold before it gets started.
If you’re with me on that, be sure to check out me Honey Lemon Cold & Flu Remedy Drink, Hot Toddy, and Healing Evergreen Tea drinks.
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Recipe
Cinnamon Sore Throat Tea
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk use your favorite dairy or plant-based
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon powdered ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon mild tasting honey
Instructions
- Place milk in a small saucepan and scald (heat) on low until hot but not boiling. Stir in the cinnamon, ginger, and honey until well mixed. Sip to soothe.
- Or, place all ingredients in a microwave safe cup and microwave on high for 1-1 ½ minutes (microwave times will vary), or until hot. Stir, and sip.
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Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
I wish I had seen this recipe a few days ago, when I had a horrible sore throat! Saving it for next time, it sounds like the perfect drink to make me feel better!
I could have used this when I was sick last week. I’m definitely saving it for later.
Hello Debi, the cinnamon-ginger-drink instantly made it to my top five list of cold remedies. It surprised me to be not just really spicy and thus hopefully killing the germs but it’s actually very delicious; I doubled cinnamon and ginger for me because I love spicy food. I used organic milk, but can perfectly imagine it with a plantbased drink.
I’ll also keep it in mind for these moments when I’m just chilly for no obvious reasons or as a comfy drink on a rainy day.
Let’s see if it can help me surviving the germ factory I’m living in at the moment, my son, daughter and partner caught the flu. I seem to be the only one with a sore throat We’re doing about the flu what the doctors advised us on, but I’m busy researching drinks or syrups to flank the medication. Our 1,5 year old son accepts nothing but milk and yogurt while he’s sick.
Kirsten, I’m happy you loved it, and wish you well in your fight against the cold & flu. I too had a cold last week and drink this, as well as my other favorite, the Hot Honeyed Lemon Drink. https://lifecurrentsblog.com/some-things-to-make-you-feel-better/ You may also like that as it’s nice and spicy. Stay healthy!
I am super sick with a sore throat but THIS TEA IS AMAZING. not only does it taste like dessert, it really helps ! 🙂
Ashley, I’m sorry to hear you’re sick, but happy to hear you have some yummy relief! Hope you feel better soon!
Hi this sounds amazing. I am fighting l the flu currently and definitely want to try this, but I only have ginger candies/ snaps or a ginger jam. Will that work in place of the ginger spice?
Thanks Melissa
Melissa, I’m sorry to hear you are under the weather. Depending on how the candies or jam are made they may work. If they are just flavored with natural flavor and not made with actual ginger you won’t get the same effect. But, I’d bet they will work. The candies, I’d take one and grind it up a bit – like with a mortar and pestle or the back of a spoon in the bottom of the cup. I think you’d want roughly equivalent to the 1/2 teaspoon ginger. For the jam, I’d put it in the bottom of the cup and stir the hot liquid into it until it melts (I would think that it would melt). I’d guess that the jam would be less concentrated than straight ginger, so go for 1 teaspoon or so and see how it is. Since the jam would be sweet, you may need to reduce the amount of honey (but don’t cut it out entirely, as it’s helping the throat as well). Feel better soon!
Love natural remedies like this! So many benefits to honey and cinnamon! Definitely saving this one for when that terrible sore throat hits!
We don’t care for ginger, and I wanted it a TAD less spicy, for the kiddo so, I did 1/4 teas cinnamon, just a tiny dash of ginger, and a small pinch of cardamom. It was still really tasty! I made mine with the regular amount of cinnamon, 1/8 teas ginger, 1/8 teas cardamom.
We used lactaid milk and honey, straight from our hive. You can’t get much more raw & local than your own backyard! LOL
Cold season is here, i like cold season.
Looks yummy!
I found it a little too much as I have a cough – I’d have to say half everything except the milk as I struggled to get it to dissolve properly and the amount of ginger was too strong for me! The concept is absolutely great though, just not quite to my personal preferences!
I am so glad I found this recipe! Perfect for cold and flu season and ‘back to school’ germs!
This tea was a life saver last year for cold and flu season!
I make this every single time someone in the family has a sore throat. It’s become the go-to, comfort drink. The boys call it “sore froat drink”. lol
I love this tea, it’s so comforting and has the BEST flavor. I’ve made it more times than I can count.
This was the perfect remedy for my sore throat. My allergies cause a lot of drainage and this is so soothing!
I have a kindergartner who has been bringing home all sorts of germs for classmates and was looking for something soothing. This was just what we needed!
I have made this even when I am not sick, love this recipe for any time!! Thank you!!