honey water

Diluted nectar drink

Honey water is water with honey dissolved in it, drunk as a simple beverage or home remedy.

It's often consumed warm, believed to soothe sore throats or aid digestion: She starts every morning with a glass of warm honey water.

The term sometimes appears in older texts for various honey-based preparations used in cooking or cosmetics.

Related

natural sweetener · bee · bee pollen · hive · infusion · tonic · elixir · fermented · amber · drink · soothing · herbal · medicinal · lemon · ginger · warm · hot toddy · drizzle

Opposites
sweetening method

honey waterplain water

Unadorned drinking liquid

sugar water · simple syrup

flavor addition

honey waterplain water

Unadorned drinking liquid

vinegar water · salt water · lemon water · tonic water · brine

beverage complexity

honey watercoffee

Brewed bean beverage

tea · soda · cocktail · smoothie · juice

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G