Hot Spiced Tea


Submitted By: Jean Jackson

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 3 quarts water
  • 2 sticks cinnamon, broken in half
  • 2 heaping teaspoons whole cloves
  • 1 heaping teaspoon allspice
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 3 tablespoons tea leaves
  • 1 medium can pineapple juice
  • 4 oranges
  • 3 lemons

    • Instructions


    Dissolve 2 cups sugar in 2 cups water and boil for five minutes. To 3 quarts water, add broken cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice, and ginger and bring to a boil. Add tea leaves. Cover, remove from heat, and allow mixture to steep for five minutes. Strain immediately through a cloth.
    Combine hot tea with sugar syrup. Heat together pineapple juice and fresh-squeezed juice of the oranges and lemons. Combine tea and juices.