Halloween Recipe--Spiced Black Tea

Spiced Black Tea

Prep: 10 minutes Stand: 10 minutes

 

Ingredients

• 7  cups  water
• 1  cup  sugar
• 1  1-inch piece  peeled fresh ginger
• 3    whole cloves
• 1  3-inch  stick cinnamon
• 1    star anise (optional)
• 4    black tea bags
• 1  cup  pomegranate juice
• 1/4  cup  lemon juice
•     Lemon slices (optional)
•     Cinnamon sticks (optional)

Directions

1. In large saucepan combine water, sugar, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and star anise. Bring to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and strain. Return mixture to saucepan.
2. Add tea bags. Steep 10 minutes. Remove tea bags. Stir in pomegranate juice and lemon juice. Return to heat; heat through. Serve with lemon slices and cinnamon sticks. Makes 8 (1-cup) servings.

Note from Lena-- My grocery store has ginger in tubes in the produce section. I buy it this way and don't have to waste most of a ginger root. Darn things go bad pretty quickly. The tube keeps a very long time in the refrigerator, ready for an easily-measured squirt. 

Nutrition Facts

• Calories122,
• Sodium (mg)11,
• Carbohydrate (g)32,
• Total Sugar (g)30,
• Vitamin C (DV%)6,
• Calcium (DV%)1,
• Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet