Delicious Holiday Spiced Apple Cider Tea Recipe

This Apple Cider Tea Recipe uses spiced tea bags for a fast and easy spiced apple cider.

I love this time of year when the weather gets colder. It's the perfect time to cuddle up by the fire and sip a warm cup of spiced apple cider.

This recipe is so easy and fast and perfect when you are entertaining or expecting a crowd.

Instead of putting spices such as cloves, star of anise, etc., into cheesecloth, I buy different-flavored tea bags and add them to the apple cider. I also add apples, oranges, and cinnamon sticks to make my cider pretty and add more flavor. In the picture above, I added some cloves to sliced blood oranges.

Gather up your ingredients to make this yummy spiced cider!

Ingredients:

• One gallon of apple cider

• 2-4 flavored tea bags such as Orange and Spice and Cinnamon Apple Spice

• One Apple thinly sliced into wedges. Use a tart and study apple such as a Gala, Fuji, or Honeycrisp.

• One Orange sliced into halves or wedges. I used Blood Oranges which are in season in the Fall. Put whole cloves in the oranges and then slice for a pretty presentation.

• 2-3 Cinnamon Sticks

• 1/2 to 1 cup of sugar (optional)

Directions:

1. Pour the Apple Cider into a Dutch Oven or large pot. You could also use a crock pot.

2. Add 2 to 4 flavored tea bags. I used 4 in my recipe.

3. Add the sliced apples and Cinnamon sticks

4. Add sugar

5. Simmer for 20-30 minutes.

6. Add the sliced oranges with cloves.

   
   

   

   
   
   
   

6. Simmer for another 20-30 minutes.

   
   

   

   
   

7. Remove tea bags

8. Serve hot with a cinnamon stick

   
   
   
   

   

   
   

The more you simmer the cider, the more the flavors intensify. If the cider reduces too much, just add more cider or water.

Happy Holidays, you all!!

xoxo, P