Description
Approximately six small mugs of warm cranberry-orange black tea.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups Unsweetened cranberry juice
- 2 cups Water
- 1 cup Orange juice
- 2 sticks Cinnamon sticks
- 4 cloves Whole cloves
- 4 bags Black tea bags
- 2 tablespoons Light brown sugar
Instructions
- Combine 3 cups unsweetened cranberry juice, 2 cups water, 1 cup orange juice, 2 cinnamon sticks, 4 whole cloves and 2 tbsp light brown sugar in a medium saucepan. Stir and bring to a gentle simmer; avoid a hard boil that reduces the liquid rapidly.
- Simmer gently about 10–15 minutes, allowing cinnamon and cloves to infuse. Turn off heat, add 4 black tea bags and steep approximately 4–5 minutes according to the chosen tea's label. Do not boil tea bags for the entire spice infusion.
- Remove tea bags without squeezing hard. Strain out every clove and cinnamon stick. Taste the warm liquid; its tartness depends on the cranberry juice brand. Record any future sugar adjustment as a measured revision.
- Pour into six small heatproof mugs and serve warm. The starting liquids total 6 cups; some evaporate during the simmer, so six roughly 7–8-ounce servings are an estimate to verify in a test.
Notes
Recipe-development draft; not kitchen-tested. Timing and yield are estimates. Nutrition has not been calculated.
Untested estimate: 15-minute warm spice infusion and 5-minute off-heat tea steep; water heating included in simmer interval only approximately.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Drinks
Nutrition
- Serving Size: About 7–8 fluid ounces before evaporation