Mom's Russian Tea recipe
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- 9 cups water, separated 4 family-size black tea bags (such as Lipton®) 1 cup white sugar 1 cup pineapple juice 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed ½ cup lemon juice 6 cloves whole cloves, or more to taste 2 cinnamon sticks
Nutrition Info
- 129.1 caloriescarbohydrate: 32.9 gcholesterol: : -fat: 0.1 gfiber: 0.6 gprotein: 0.7 gsaturatedFat: : -servingSize: -sodium: 7.7 mgsugar: 30.7 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Mom's Russian Tea
Directions
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Bring 8 cups water to a boil in a large stockpot. Remove from heat. Add tea bags, steep, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags and return pot to medium heat.
Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a separate pot. Add sugar, stir well until dissolved. Pour mixture into the stockpot with the tea. Add pineapple juice, orange juice concentrate, and lemon juice. Stir.
Put cloves in a tea ball and place into the stockpot with the tea-juice mixture. Cook for 10 minutes, do not boil. Turn heat down to very low, let simmer until flavors blend, 15 to 20 minutes more.