Spiced Winter Tea Mix

⏱ 20 mins 🍽 4 Gift Mugs 🏷 Drink

This spiced winter tea mix is a wonderful homemade gift idea. It combines sweetened orange and lemonade drink powders with sugar, instant tea, cinnamon, and cloves. The dry mix can be stored in an airtight container or portioned into decorative mugs for presentation. To serve, simply stir a couple of teaspoons into a mug of boiling water for a comforting and flavourful hot beverage.

Spiced Winter Tea Mix

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sweetened powdered orange breakfast drink mix (like Tang)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened instant tea
  • 1 (3 ounce) package powdered sweetened lemonade drink mix (like Kool-Aid)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon clove

Method

  1. Mix all the listed ingredients together in a bowl until they are thoroughly blended.
  2. Keep the finished mixture in an airtight container stored in your kitchen cupboard.
  3. Alternatively, portion roughly 1 cup of the mix into separate resealable bags.
  4. Place each filled bag into a new mug.
  5. Wrap the mugs with cellophane and tie with a ribbon, adding a label or tag with these serving instructions.
  6. For Spiced Winter Tea, put 2 teaspoons of the mix into a mug.
  7. Pour boiling water into the mug and stir well to enjoy a warm winter drink.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium72100 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDrink
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