Honey and Hot Drinks

Since many people use honey instead of sugar in hot drinks, it is useful to know that:

Honey is a valuable product and could be described as a power food and nutritional treasure.

Honey is known for its unique antioxidant, antimicrobial, healing, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and cardioprotective properties.

Heat alters the quality of good honey.

When you mix honey into hot drinks, the properties of honey change.

Specifically, the more it is heated, the greater the chances of reducing its nutritional value.

The permissible temperature increase for honey is less than 60°C.

It has been observed that during the first 3 minutes, the temperature of the hot beverage drops sharply by 20 degrees and then by 6 degrees every 3 minutes.

Conclusion……

If you want to use genuine, high-quality honey instead of sugar in your hot drink, it is best to let it cool for 5 minutes after removing it from the heat and then add the honey.