Я пью горячий чай с мёдом и лимоном.

I am drinking hot tea with honey and lemon.

Breakdown of Я пью горячий чай с мёдом и лимоном.

• я: I
• пить: to drink
• и: and
• чай: the tea

Questions & Answers about Я пью горячий чай с мёдом и лимоном.

Why is it горячий чай and not something like горячего чая?

Because горячий чай is a direct object in this sentence.

• The verb is пью (I drink / I am drinking).
• The thing being drunk is чай (tea), so чай is in the accusative case (direct object).

For masculine inanimate nouns like чай, the accusative form is the same as the nominative:

• Nominative: горячий чай
• Accusative: горячий чай (same form)

Горячего чая would be genitive and would appear in different contexts, for example:

• Я не пью горячего чая. – I don’t drink hot tea.
  (Genitive often used after negation.)
• Я хочу горячего чая. – I want (some) hot tea.
  (Genitive often used to mean “some of”.)

Why do мёд and лимон change to мёдом and лимоном?