This Russian Tea Recipe is a spiced tea recipe with made with tang for a cup of hot tea. The “powder mix” makes a great gift for the holidays.
Instant Russian Tea Mix is also called Instant Spiced Tea, and it’s made with warm spice flavors and an orange Tang base. It’s a staple during the holidays in many homes, whether you’re sipping it around the Christmas tree, or enjoying a cup before a night of caroling. You may be filling Mason jars for the perfect homemade gift from your kitchen.
The latest lifestyle trend, or the buzz word that everyone talks about this season is “cozy.” So we love this Russian tea recipe (from the 70’s), a recipe many of us remember so well. If you don’t, then give it a try.
A practice for me in the morning is to have my coffee (or tea). You, too?
There are a few recipes that aren’t like the old-fashioned one that we grew up with in the 70’s, that includes Tang.
One recipe is made with strongly steeped tea (5 tea bags to 2 cups of hot water!), sugar, pineapple juice, lemon juice, and orange juice, with NO powder mix. You would also use cinnamon sticks or whole cloves (or both) to add flavor.
This afternoon, I’m sitting down to get some work done, and I’m sipping on a cup of tea. Here’s how to make the mix:
We love our KitchenAid Electric Kettle. Since we don’t have an InstaHot in our home, this small appliance gets used several times a day!
This recipe is an oldie but goodie, from my dear friend Jeannie. I wish we could have a cup of tea together today. But because we can’t, I’m heating up the water, and enjoying a gift that she gives us every year for Christmas!
Russian Tea is a citrus and spice dry tea mix that’s super fun to give as gifts.
Package it up, either 1 or 2 cups increments, in a ziplock bag or small glass vessel (like a Mason jar).
Hot Russian Tea Mix Recipe
This Russian Tea Recipe is a spiced tea recipe with made with tang for a cup of hot tea. The “powder mix” makes a great gift for the holidays.Makes 4 cups of mix (4-8 gifts depending on the size)
Prep: 15min
Total: 15min
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups sugar (or less, to taste)
- 2 cups instant Tang orange drink
- ½ cup sweetened iced tea mix powder
- 1 3 oz pkg unsweetened lemonade mix
- 1 teaspoon  ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon  ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon  ground cloves
Instruction:
- Combine all ingredients well and store in an airtight container.
- To use, fill a mug with boiling water and stir in 2-3 teaspoons of mix, to taste.
- If all you can find is presweetened lemonade, then use the amount of dry mix needed for a 2
- quart pitcher according to the package instruction, and leave out the sugar.
Russian Tea Mix
—Mary Ann Kosmas, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Prep: 10min
Total: 10min
Yield: 36 servings (4-1/2 cups mix)
Nutrition Facts: calories , Fat , Cholesterol , Sodium , Carbohydrate , Fiber , Protein
Ingredients:
- 2 cups instant orange drink mix
- 1 cup instant unflavored tea
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons sugar-sweetened lemonade mix
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Instruction:
Combine all ingredients; mix well. Store in an airtight container. To serve, add 2 tablespoons mix to 3/4 cup boiling water; stir.
Spiced Tea (Russian Tea)
Old Fashioned Southern Spiced (Russian) Tea is a mixture of warm black tea, orange and lemon juice, infused with cloves and cinnamon.
Prep: 20min
Total: 30min
Yield: 8
Serving Size: 1
Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1, calories 81 kcal, Carbohydrate 21 g, Sodium 2 mg, Sugar 20 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 1 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Fiber 1 g, unSaturated Fat 2 g
Ingredients:
- 8 small tea bags (black tea (or 8 teaspoons loose black tea))
- 4 cups boiling water
- ½ cup water
- ¾ cup sugar
- 6 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ¼ cup fresh orange juice (strained)
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice (strained)
Instruction:
- Place the tea bags or loose tea in a heat proof measuring cup or other container.
- Pour the 4 cups of boiling water over the tea bags and let steep while preparing the rest of the recipe.
- In a medium saucepan, prepare an infusion by bringing 1/2 cup water, sugar, cloves and cinnamon stick to a boil.
- Boil for one minute.
- Remove cloves and cinnamon.
- Add the orange juice and lemon juice into the spiced infusion. Stir well to combine.
- Remove the tea bags (or strain the loose tea) and combine with the spiced infusion and juice.
- Serve warm in punch cups or teacups.
RUSSIAN TEA
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