Kentucky spiced tea

Kentucky spiced tea
Course: Various beverages

Cuisine: Kentucky

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Kentucky spiced tea ingredients

  • 1⁄4 c Tea leaves
  • 4 c Cold water
  • 1⁄3 c Orange juice, fresh
  • 1 t Nutmeg
  • 1 t cloves
  • 2 c Sugar
  • 2⁄3 c lemon juice, fresh
  • 12 c Boiling water
  • 1 t Cinnamon
  • 1 t Allspice

Cooking Kentucky spiced tea

1. Put sugar, cold water, and spices (tied in a bag) in enamel or stainless steel boiler.
2. Bring to a boil 10 minutes.
3. Put in tea leaves (tied in a bag).
4. Add 12 cups boiling water and juices.
5. Steepi for 5 minutes.
6. Straini if desired.
7. You may add lemon slices and cinnamon sticks to each cup when serving.
8. § § * this recipe has been handed down through a kentucky family for almost one hundredyears.