Mom's Russian Tea recipe

All Recipes Drinks Recipes Tea Hot

Ingredients

9 cups water, separated
4 family-size black tea bags (such as Lipton®)
1 cup white sugar
1 cup pineapple juice
1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
½ cup lemon juice
6 cloves whole cloves, or more to taste
2 cinnamon sticks

Nutrition Info

129.1 calories
carbohydrate: 32.9 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 0.1 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 0.7 g
saturatedFat: : -
servingSize: -
sodium: 7.7 mg
sugar: 30.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring 8 cups water to a boil in a large stockpot. Remove from heat. Add tea bags, steep, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags and return pot to medium heat.

  2. Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a separate pot. Add sugar, stir well until dissolved. Pour mixture into the stockpot with the tea. Add pineapple juice, orange juice concentrate, and lemon juice. Stir.

  3. Put cloves in a tea ball and place into the stockpot with the tea-juice mixture. Cook for 10 minutes, do not boil. Turn heat down to very low, let simmer until flavors blend, 15 to 20 minutes more.

Recipe Yield

10 cups

Recipe Note

Nothing powdered or instant here. Just pure natural flavors to sip on a cold winter day. Smells great while it's brewing too. Vitamin C never tasted so good!

Do you like the recipe? Share this tasty recipe!