A Winter Tea

[donna]

Cup of tea, Scotland
Laurel F from Seattle, WA [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

During winter there is nothing to me like a good cup of hot tea. This tea recipe is from New England and dates back about 100 years.

1 orange
12 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick, about 2 inches long, broken into pieces
4 tea bags
4 cups boiling water
1 cup cranberry juice
1/3 to 1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons rum flavoring

Stud oranges with cloves and cut into 6 or 8 sections. Drop sections into teapot, squeezing each section slightly. Add cinnamon, tea and boiling water. Steep for 5 minutes and strain. Stir in cranberry juice, sugar and rum flavoring.

Serves 4 to 6. This is a wonderful tea drink to share with friends on a cold winter day.

 

[nitrofd]

During winter there is nothing to me like a good cup of hot tea. This tea recipe is from New England and dates back about 100 years.

1 orange
12 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick, about 2 inches long, broken into pieces
4 tea bags
4 cups boiling water
1 cup cranberry juice
1/3 to 1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons rum flavoring

Stud oranges with cloves and cut into 6 or 8 sections. Drop sections into teapot, squeezing each section slightly. Add cinnamon, tea and boiling water. Steep for 5 minutes and strain. Stir in cranberry juice, sugar and rum flavoring.

Serves 4 to 6. This is a wonderful tea drink to share with friends on a cold winter day.

Cloves and cinnamon caught my attention,but I would use real rum instead of flavoring.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

That sounds good and I bet it makes the kitchen smell wonderfull!

 

[Legion Para]

A brew up is good any time, particularly so in the Winter. It has both physical and psychological benefits. Something my British mates taught me.

I enjoy a mug of strong tea with milk and sugar.

 

[Bee]

A brew up is good any time, particularly so in the Winter. It has both physical and psychological benefits. Something my British mates taught me.

Lofty Wiseman includes a teabag as essential for one's personal survival kit. #15.

 

[Waterloo50]

A brew up is good any time, particularly so in the Winter. It has both physical and psychological benefits. Something my British mates taught me.

I enjoy a mug of strong tea with milk and sugar.

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Give Yorkshire tea a try, milk with two sugars, lovely job. You can't beat a brew.

 

[TinCan]

Continuing with nitrold's excellent idea, if you take back coffee, add liberal dose of spiced rum, you have an excellent wake up drink for those chilly mornings. It will quickly become your friend

 

[nitrofd]

Continuing with nitrold's excellent idea, if you take back coffee, add liberal dose of spiced rum, you have an excellent wake up drink for those chilly mornings. It will quickly become your friend

I could use that this morning.

 

[donna]

We have snow today. It is very cold too. A day for some hot tea or another hot drink.

 

[nitrofd]

We have snow today. It is very cold too. A day for some hot tea or another hot drink.

Good luck with the white stuff,stay war and safe.

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

Give Yorkshire tea a try, milk with two sugars, lovely job. You can't beat a brew.

Love the Yorkshire Gold tea! It's one of my favorites, but a bit difficult to find. Though the English Tea Store online typically carries it. It's robust and great with half-and-half or real cream with sugar.

 

[Waterloo50]

Love the Yorkshire Gold tea! It's one of my favorites, but a bit difficult to find. Though the English Tea Store online typically carries it. It's robust and great with half-and-half or real cream with sugar.

There is a company in England called 'Taylors' they make Yorkshire tea bags, most of my friends like the Yorkshire tea but a few of them also like PG tips, PG were famous for their tea adverts with Chimpanzee actors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLwTIiPdI3Y

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

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During winter there is nothing to me like a good cup of hot tea. This tea recipe is from New England and dates back about 100 years.

1 orange
12 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick, about 2 inches long, broken into pieces
4 tea bags
4 cups boiling water
1 cup cranberry juice
1/3 to 1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons rum flavoring

Stud oranges with cloves and cut into 6 or 8 sections. Drop sections into teapot, squeezing each section slightly. Add cinnamon, tea and boiling water. Steep for 5 minutes and strain. Stir in cranberry juice, sugar and rum flavoring.

Serves 4 to 6. This is a wonderful tea drink to share with friends on a cold winter day.

This sounds really comforting on a cold winter's day! And I agree with @nitrofd only real rum!

A friend recently gave me a box of Twinings Winter Spice Tea, which is similar to this New England classic. It's got cinnamon, cardamom, clove, with natural apple flavoring with a chamomile base, which is a great before bed calming tea.

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

There is a company in England called 'Taylors' they make Yorkshire tea bags, most of my friends like the Yorkshire tea but a few of them also like PG tips, PG were famous for their tea adverts with Chimpanzee actors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLwTIiPdI3Y

Ha! Fun ads! I have a big box of the PG Tipps at my desk at the office! I'm about to brew some now for my 3pm cuppa

 

[Greyfalcon]

with Chimpanzee actors.

And who doesn't love Chimpanzee actors!?!



As for tea, I normally don't like flavoured teas but lately, I have been drinking Bigelow Black Tea, which is flavoured with a bit of orange. It is my daily, late afternoon favourite.

 

[Waterloo50]

Ha! Fun ads! I have a big box of the PG Tipps at my desk at the office! I'm about to brew some now for my 3pm cuppa

Pyramid tea bags?

 

[Waterloo50]

Ha! Fun ads! I have a big box of the PG Tipps at my desk at the office! I'm about to brew some now for my 3pm cuppa

That's a very English thing to do, I'm glad to see that you are keeping the old ways going.

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

Yep!

Screen shot from my desk

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

That's a very English thing to do, I'm glad to see that you are keeping the old ways going.

It's a great tradition! I think it's a great afternoon pick me up. I'm even treating myself for a Lindt truffle, as I could use some chocolate. Otherwise I sometimes have some Lorna Doone shortbread cookies.

 

[donna]

Lorna Doones are good with tea. So is Scottish Shortbread.