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Hot Chocolate: A Summer Drink That Cools You Down
My granny used to drink hot tea all through summer
Hot chocolate is a drink that most people associate with cozy winter nights, but did you know that it’s great to drink in summer too? While it may seem counterintuitive to drink a hot beverage when the weather is warm, drinking hot chocolate or any hot liquid can actually make you cooler.
When you drink a hot chocolate or cup of tea, it can cause your body to sweat, which in turn can help you cool down. My granny used to swear that hot tea made her feel cooler, but I could never believe her. I’d be swigging the ice-cold water, and kept getting hotter! Could Granny possibly be right?
It turns out she was! I can’t even imagine drinking hot chocolate on a summer’s day — it just doesn’t appeal. The best hot chocolate I ever enjoyed was at the site of the replica Trojan Horse at Troy on a cold December day in 2015. It was so thick it was like the chocolate had been melted and served to me. A meal in a cup!
So to answer your question Gary L Ellis, no, it’s not illegal to drink hot cocoa in May or any other month for that matter. Where did you get such a screwy idea like this? Balderdash? IYKYK
