So I'm sick, Might as well share one of my "Secret" Recipies

Okay, I'm sick, and have had the kind of sore throat that makes me sound like Barry White on a touch of Helium.
Now, I've heard EVERY bloody drink-type-thing out there, and tried more than a few of 'em. I believe warm coke with lime was no doubt one of the laziest cures I've heard of. But I've got my own little Sore-throat cure, and I find that it works every time. Even if it doesn't people seem to love it.

Here's what you do:
Get 1 Lemon
1 Thumb Sized knob of Ginger
3 heaping tablespoons of brown sugar
2 bags of orange Pekoe Tea
1.25 Litres of boiling water
Rum(optional)

-Peel the knob of ginger, slice into medallions, place into your pot of boiling water.
-Take a vegetable Peeler and remove the zest from the lemon in nice long strips. Place the strips into the water.
-Slice the Lemon in half and squeeze the Juice into the pot.
-Turn down the temperature into a low simmer, and place the tea bags into the pot
-let the mixture simmer for two minutes, after this time take the pot off the heat and dissolve the brown sugar into the liquid.
-after the sugar is dissolved Strain the liquid into a teapot or some other serving device that can maintain the heat.
-Pour yourself a glass, and top it off with a splash of Rum.

Trust me even if you DON'T have a sore throat it's a great hot drink for a warm day