Mash butter, sugar and ground nutmeg with a muddler in an Irish Coffee Mug. Add dark rum, cloves and a cinnamon stick. Top up with steaming hot water and stir. Let the mixture brew for several minutes and serve hot.

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Hot buttered rum is a mixed drink containing rum, butter, hot water or cider, and various spices (usually nutmeg and cloves). It is traditionally associated with the holiday season and has a venerable history; in the United States, it dates back to colonial days. A notable variation is served at the Heathman Hotel, in Portland, Oregon, the so-called "Jays Famous Hot Buttered Rum," in which the hot drink is "creamed together with vanilla ice cream and chilled into a paste."...

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