cranberry tea

One of our favorite holiday traditions,

generously shared by sweet friends, several years ago.

Cranberry Tea

In a small pot, pour

1 - 12 oz bag cranberries (fresh or frozen)

8 1/2 c. water

bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer about 10 minutes.

Add

1/2 c. honey

1/4 c. sugar*

1/2 c. orange juice concentrate

1 1/2 Tbs. lemon juice

3 cinnamon sticks (or about 3 tsp cin.)

1 tsp whole cloves

Simmer another 10 minutes

strain

- or not -

and serve warm

*if you aren't used to regularly reducing sweetener

you'll probably want to add

either

another 1/4 c. honey or 1/2 c. sugar

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we like to toss all the pulp that we strained out

into a small saucepan

and add some more spices

and simmer on the back of the stove for a few days.

just because.