Sweet Iced Cinnamon Tea

AuntWoofieWoof's Note:

This is a recipe for tea to be made in a 3 quart Mr Coffee Iced Tea Pot. You could probably make it in a saucepan on top of the stove. You can make it as sweet and cinnamonny as you want to. It is very refreshing.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 3 quarts

• 10 tea bags (regular or decaff)
• 1 cup red-hot candies
• ¼ cup sugar (optional)
• ½ cup water (if adding sugar) (optional)
• water , for iced tea pot
• ice

Directions:

1. Put the cinnamon candies in the bottom of the container/well the tea bags go in Put tea bags on top of them.
2. Fill the water well of the Iced Tea Pot with water.
3. If you don't want to have ice in the pitcher while tea is brewing, you can fill water well a second time.
4. Turn the Iced Tea Pot on.
5. As tea is brewing, make sure candies are melting.
6. You might have to help them along with a fork or spoon.
7. If a sweeter tea is desired, put the sugar in the 1/2 cup water and mix well to dissolve sugar.
8. Pour into pitcher of tea and stir.
9. Pour tea over ice in tall glasses.
10. Can also be poured into a cup and heated in a microwave oven for hot tea.

Reviews

[Nyteglori]

Beautiful color! We did not add any sugar as the red hots made it sweet enough. I also made it in a coffee pot instead of a tea maker but it worked out fine.

[ratherbeswimmin']

WOW!! This made an awesome brew of tea. I filled up the water well, because I don't put ice in the pitcher while the tea is brewing. I did have to help the cinnamon candies along but they melted and the flavor was incredible. Didn't add extra sugar--all my taste testers thought it was fine without. I made 6 quarts and we took it to a UA tailgate. I poured into gallon jugs and packed it up in an icechest. Very refreshing and everyone loved it. Thanks AWW.

[Domestic Goddess]

I'm sorry, but I didn't care for the iced tea. The cinnamon taste in the red hots candies seemed to over power the taste of this beverage. I did however, added 2 more tea bags, which gave the tea a nice tea taste to it, but other than that, I didn't care for the end results. I ended up throwing out the tea.