Tangerine Tea

Submitted by Christine MT

"A nice tea for Tangerine Lovers!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 1⁄2 cups fresh tangerine juice or 1 1/2 cups orange juice
• 1⁄4 cup sugar, to taste
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 tea bags (black or orange pekoe)

directions

1. Heat water to boiling in large saucepan.
2. Stir in tangerine juice, sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
3. Heat to boiling.
4. Simmer and stir until sugar dissolves.
5. Remove from heat and add tea bags.
6. Let steep 3 to 4 minutes.
7. Serve Immediately.

Reviews

[Sweet PQ?]

I made this with fresh orange juice, orange pekoe tea, and Splenda. While I enjoyed it, I think I would like to try it with a different kind of tea (like Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice). I think I would like more of a contrast in flavours (just a personal choice). Next time, I will use a cinammon stick instead of ground cinammon (because I felt the ground cinammon didn't blend as well as it should & left a residue). Made for Top Favorites of 2009 Tag-Feb'10.

 

[BarbryT]

Outstanding burst of fruit,made with freshly squeezed satsumas. The tea is hardly noticeable, but I suspect it adds a subtle depth of flavor. It is wonderful. The spices are complementary and do not dominate the taste at all. I probably was gilding the lily by using Constant Comment tea, but I didn't have any regular black tea. I recommend this highly!

 

[Heirloom]

I was searching for a recipe to use up three honey tangerines I had on the counter and this was perfect! I have to admit, I did change it a little bit! I used a broken up cinnamon stick, a star anise, fresh grated nutmeg, some of the tangerine zest, plus a handful of chai spice mix from World Spice in Seattle. It was absolutely divine! Thank you so much for this great idea.

 

[cydney]

I have had the blahs lately and this tea was just what I needed to snap me out of it. I used fresh tangerine juice. The flavor was so nice with the spices. Very uplifting. Thanks for posting this recipe.

 

[BogeysMom]

Wonderful, wonderful tea. Definitely a keeper. I've had a batch of this in my crockpot everyday for a week now - used splenda instead of sugar - just awesome.