1. Stop by the Indian grocery looking for cinnamon sticks (no dice)
2. Notice fresh ginger on sale (99 cents a pound!)
3. Buy a whole bunch
4. Chop it up into a rough paste in the food processor
5. Squish that paste through a clean damp cloth to make ginger juice
6. Put most of that juice into a ice cube tray to save for later
7. Mix the leftovers with sugar syrup and soda water (plus the displaced ice) for a drink spicy enough to make your ears burn
8. Later notice that your hand hurts from ginger juice chemical burns

Success!