Spiced Tea (Russian Tea)

Spiced Tea (Russian Tea)

from lanascooking.com
Beverages
30 min
81 kcal / serving

Old Fashioned Southern Spiced (Russian) Tea is a mixture of warm black tea, orange and lemon juice, infused with cloves and cinnamon.

Ingredients

  • 8 smalltea bags (black tea (or 8 teaspoons loose black tea))
  • 4 cupsboiling water
  • ½ cupwater
  • ¾ cupsugar
  • 6whole cloves
  • 1cinnamon stick
  • ¼ cupfresh orange juice (strained)
  • ½ cupfresh lemon juice (strained)

Directions

  1. 1

    Place the tea bags or loose tea in a heat proof measuring cup or other container.

  2. 2

    Pour the 4 cups of boiling water over the tea bags and let steep while preparing the rest of the recipe.

  3. 3

    In a medium saucepan, prepare an infusion by bringing 1/2 cup water, sugar, cloves and cinnamon stick to a boil.

  4. 4

    Boil for one minute.

  5. 5

    Remove cloves and cinnamon.

  6. 6

    Add the orange juice and lemon juice into the spiced infusion. Stir well to combine.

  7. 7

    Remove the tea bags (or strain the loose tea) and combine with the spiced infusion and juice.

  8. 8

    Serve warm in punch cups or teacups.