Spiced Cranberry Rum Tea
- 4 cranberry herb tea bags such as Celestial Seasonings brand
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cranberry juice
- 4 to 6 whole star anise (available at specialty foods shops and Asian markets)
- Two 3-inch strips of orange zest removed with a vegetable peeler plus lemon slices for garnish
- 1 cup strained fresh orange juice
- 1 cup amber rum, or to taste
- In a saucepan submerge the tea bags in the boiling water and remove the pan from the heat.
- let the tea bags steep for 5 minutes and discard them.
- To the tea add the sugar, the cranberry juice, the star anise and the zests and simmer the mixture, covered, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the orange juice and the rum and heat the mixture over moderate heat until it is hot.
- Discard the zests, divide the tea among heated mugs, and garnish each drink with 1 of the star anise and a lemon slice.
cranberry herb, boiling water, sugar, cranberry juice, star anise, lemon, orange juice, amber rum
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/spiced-cranberry-rum-tea-11318 (may not work)