Iron Teakettle and Winter Tonic

The rental I’m staying in in Berlin has this beautiful iron teakettle that sits on a brazier stand that takes a tealight. It’s so nice to brew a pot of green tea up and then sip it hot all afternoon while sitting and working on the couch. Today I put some winter tonic in the kettle because I’m trying to take it easy on the caffeine. The recipe I use is Heidi Swanson’s Instant Pot Dynamite Cold Tonic, though I have neither an instant pot nor a cold at the moment. But it’s warming and spicy and soothing, and I’m sure the ginger and turmeric are good for the old immune system.