Our #NewYears tradition -- #feuerzangenbowle, German for "fire tong punch."

You mull a variety of spices in red wine and add a little orange juice for flavour. Then you place a sugar cone (zuckerhut) on special tongs balanced over the pot, ladle a generous amount of high-proof rum over the cone (151 proof is perfect) -- and then set the cone on fire.

The caramelized sugar drips into the mulled wine, making the drink go down deceptively easily.