Spiced Holiday Tea Food

HOT SPICED TEA FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Steps:

• Pour water into a pot; add cloves and cinnamon stick. Bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags to water and set aside to steep until the tea is to your preferred strength, at least 5 minutes. Remove and discard cloves, cinnamon stick, and tea bags.
• Stir orange juice, sugar, pineapple juice, and lemon juice together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir the juice mixture until the sugar dissolves completely. Pour juice mixture into the spiced tea; serve hot.

SPICED ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour boiling water into a heat-proof pitcher. Add the tea bags, cinnamon, cloves and sugar substitute; steep tea for 15 minutes., Discard the tea bags, cinnamon and cloves. Pour tea over ice in glasses; garnish with mint and lemon.

HOLIDAY SPICED TEA

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Place into pretty airtight bottles.
• Tie with a ribbon and secure cinamon stick to make it festive.
• To serve add 1 tablespoon mix to 1 cup boiling water.

SPICED ICED TEA

Steps:

• Combine water, cloves, and cinnamon stick in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
• Place tea bags in spiced water, cover, and steep for ten minutes.
• In another saucepan, combine sugar, orange juice, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil.
• Strain tea into orange juice mixture.
• Chill, serve over ice.

ANOTHER HOLIDAY SPICED TEA

Steps:

• Brew the tea in 1/2 gallon of the water, and set aside.
• Brew the cloves separately in 2 cups of the water until the water is amber-colored and has a strong clove scent. This brewing process will take longer than the tea. Strain the clove water.
• Stir the sugar into the tea until it dissolves. Add the orange juice, lemon juice, and clove water.
• Pour all into a gallon jug. Add enough additional water to fill the jug.

HOLIDAY SPICED TEA

Steps:

• Fill up tea kettle with enough water for a pot of tea.
• Peel clementine, put the shell into kettle. Reserve fruit for another time.
• Put crystalized ginger, white peppercorn, cardamom, ground ginger, ground cinnamon and whole cloves into water.
• Put kettle on high heat until it comes to a boil.
• Remove from heat and let it cool down for a few minutes.
• Put white and green tea bags into a tea pot. Pour spiced water over tea until pot almost full. Let steep for 5-6 minutes, or longer if you like your tea stronger.
• You could squeeze the juice from the clementine and add this to your tea aswell, for a little more flavor.
• Enjoy!

SPICED HOLIDAY TEA

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan bring water to boiling.
• Add tea bags, anise, and cinnamon stick.
• Reduce heat. simmer, uncovered, for 3 to 5 minutes. Discard tea bags and cinnamon stick. Stir in nectar, honey, and lemon juice. Heat through.
• 2. Pour tea mixture into four heat-proof cups, floating a star anise on top of each. Makes 4 servings.