Southern Spiced Tea - Civil War Food

• 4 cups (950 ml) boiling water
• 3 tbsp (45 ml) tea leaves
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 cup (225 ml) sugar
• Juice of 3 oranges
• 1 tsp (5 ml) whole cloves
• 4 cups (950 ml) cold water

1. Pour boiling water over the tea leaves.
2. Let stand for a few minutes, then strain.
3. Boil together sugar, whole cloves, and water until it becomes a thin syrup.
4. Strain this into the tea.
5. Add orange juice and lemon juice.
6. Serve with lemon slices.

boiling water, tea leaves, lemon, sugar, oranges, cloves, cold water

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000692 (may not work)