Spiced Orange Tea

Name: Spiced Orange Tea
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 1 cinnamon stick, broken up; 6 whole cloves; 2 tea bags; 1 cup orange juice, (preferably pulp free); 1 tbsp brown sugar, (or more, to taste)

Makes2 servings

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Float an orange slice in each cup of this spicy orange tea for extra fanciness. Lovely.

Ingredients

2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick, broken up
6 whole cloves
2 tea bags
1 cup orange juice, (preferably pulp free)
1 tbsp brown sugar, (or more, to taste)

Instructions

In a saucepan, combine the water, cinnamon stick and cloves. Bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat and plunk in the tea bags. Let steep, covered, for 5 minutes.
Fish out the tea bags, stir in the orange juice and the brown sugar, and strain into mugs (or a teapot) to serve.

This article was originally published on May 01, 2002