Southwest Spiced Tea Punch

From Tea Time Fall issue

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Serves: 15

Ingredients

• 3  family-size tea bags
• 6  cups boiling water
• 3  cinnamon sticks, broken in pieces
• 2  tablespoons opal basil, chopped
• 1  orange, juice of
• 1  lemon, juice of
•  sugar

• Garnish

•  orange slice, studded with
•  lemon slice, studded with
• 6  whole cloves

Directions

1. Brew the tea in a large non-reactive pot and infuse with the cinnamon, citrus rinds with the cloves, and the opal basil.
2. Strain into a punch bowl with an ice ring and add the citrus juice and sugar to taste.
3. Garnish with orange and lemon slices.