Ingredients:
2 cups Tang
3/4 cup plain instant tea
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
3 ounces instant lemonade mix
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
My grandmother used to make this and added Red Hot candies to the mix. I have also heard this called Friendship Tea.
Mix all ingredients together and store in a glass container with a tight fitting lid. Use two heaping teaspoons per teacup of hot water.
This is one of my very favorite gift mixes to make and keep on-hand. The last time I made this, I doubled the ingredients and filled multiple pint jars for holiday gifts. They worked out wonderfully and I have yet to meet someone that does not care for the flavor. I am, of course, biased, since this is one of my childhood comfort foods.
Of course, if you wanted to make Russian Tea fresh, without the plastic ingredients, you could do that. It tastes so wonderful.
Ingredients for fresh Russian tea:
6 cups cold water
1 cinnamon stick
6 whole cloves
4 black tea bags
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar, more to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Bring water, cinnamon stick and cloves to a boil in a medium saucepan; remove from heat and add tea bags. Steep, covered, for 5 minutes. Discard the tea bags and whole spices.
In a small saucepan, heat orange juice, lemon juice, sugar and nutmeg. Warm until the sugar dissolves.
Add the juice mixture to the tea. Taste and add more sugar if desired. Reheat and serve.
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