Holiday Mulled Cranberry Tea

Mulled cider together with mulled vino pace aside ... there's a novel mulled imbibe inward town! Mulled Cranberry Tea is my novel favorite Fall together with vacation warm spiced drink. Give it a displace - it'll last your novel favorite, too.

Mulled cider together with mulled vino pace aside Holiday Mulled Cranberry Tea

When the cooler temperatures come upwards around, I'm all virtually warm drinks. There's simply something hence comforting virtually belongings a warm mug together with sipping away.

And when that warm imbibe simply hence happens to select been simmered amongst the deliciousness of cinnamon together with cloves? Even better. And fifty-fifty to a greater extent than comforting. And permit me simply say, I'm loving that tea together with cranberry select joined forces inward this version of mulled comfort.

But when I commencement ran across the recipe inspiration for this Mulled Cranberry Tea inward the Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Bible cookbook, I was actually skeptical. I mean, amongst cranberry equally the major component, wouldn't it last tart? Like, equally good tart to fifty-fifty enjoy?

And together with hence to piece of employment past times off the cranberry tartness, you lot add together lemon? Ummm, lemon = to a greater extent than tart, right?

I nonetheless had to order the combination a try, of course. 'Cause I similar to displace season combinations that are novel to me. Even if I'm skeptical.

Well, it turns out this cranberry-tea-lemony-spice concoction is simply perfect for mutual frigidness atmospheric condition sipping. Very flavorful. Very yummy. And non equally good tart at all. I changed upwards the master recipe quite a chip ... increasing the tea, increasing the spice, adjusting proportions, changing the sweetener together with the cooking method ... to accommodate it to my liking. Tweak to your liking, equally good ... After all, isn't that 1 of the fun things virtually cooking?

I encourage you lot to whip upwards a batch of Mulled Cranberry Tea for a vacation party, pre-holiday dinner sipping, brunch ... or simply for yourself to sip piece curled upwards amongst a skillful book.

It's packs ultimate mulled season together with comfort.

Holiday Mulled Cranberry Tea

Source: Adapted from Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Bible

(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

3 regular-sized tea bags
1 1/4 c. boiling water
1 (60 oz.) bottle 100% juice cranberry juice {not cranberry juice cocktail}
1/2 c. dark chocolate-brown sugar
1/2 c. dried cranberries {eg: Craisins}
1 lemon, thinly sliced
4 or 5 cinnamon sticks
10 whole cloves

Directions

Place tea bags inward a large pot or Dutch oven. Pour boiling H2O over tea bags; steep for five minutes. Remove tea bags from pot, gently squeezing H2O out dorsum into the pot.
Add all remaining ingredients to pot. Over medium heat, convey to a really gentle simmer {small bubbles should simply last forming some the edges). Reduce oestrus to medium-low to low; gently simmer, covered, for xxx minutes.
Serve warm amongst additional cinnamon sticks for garnish, if desired.

Notes:

Leftovers tin order the axe last stored inward the refrigerator. Remove lemon slices together with cinnamon sticks earlier refrigerating equally their flavors volition piece of employment equally good potent if left inward the mixture.

I also taste the mulled tea served cold.

This tin order the axe last prepared inward a tedious cooker. Steep tea bags inward boiling water; identify tea inward tedious cooker. Add remaining ingredients together with ready on high setting for 1 1/2 to ii hours or on depression setting for iii to four hours.

Enjoy!

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