Southern Spiced Tea
photo by PaulaG
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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18
ingredients
- 8 cups boiling water
- 5 tablespoons tea leaves (5-8 tea bags)
- 1 lemon, juice of (2 T lemon juice)
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- 6 oranges, juice of (1 3/4 c orange juice)
- 2 cups sugar
- 8 cups water
directions
- Add boiling water to tea, steep 5 minutes.
- Strain (remove tea bags).
- Make a syrup by boiling the sugar, cloves and water.
- Add this syrup and fruit juices to the tea.
- Serve hot or cold.
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Reviews
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Here's a wonderful tasting tea that really is good hot or cold. I made the whole batch, but sweetened it with Sweet & Low rather than sugar! The first two cups I had were HOT, & the rest went into the frig for a COLD drink or two [or three!]! I usually have a few quarts of 'fruited' green tea on hand anway, so this recipe was right up my alley! Thanks for posting it! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Cupid's Choice Beverage Tag game]
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I already had made a similar tea recipe and loved that, so I knew I'd love this recipe. This one called for more orange juice and this time I used fresh, which with the lemon is superb with the sugar syrup. My husband loves it, too, and I sent him off to work with his own (and he dislikes all herbal teas). I'm convinced this extra vitamin c is going to keep us healthy! Roxygirl
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The recipe as written would make alot. I scaled the recipe in half and used Spelnda for the sugar. Since I used a sugar substitute, I decided to add the cloves to the tea leaves and allow them to steep together. This eiminated step 3 all together. Served it well chilled and garnished with orange wedges.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
LonghornMama
United States