Spiced Honey Iced Tea

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Spiced Honey Iced Tea

This spiced tea was inspired by Indian Chai, a bland of tea, milk, and ground spices - cardamom, < a href="/Spices_Herbs/Cinnamon.html">cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. It has to be steeped overnight, so plan accordingly.

Serves: 8

Ingredients:

1 quart filtered water
8 Earl Grey tea bags
8 cinnamon sticks, broken in to pieces
8 cardamom pods , crushed
2 tablespoon coriander seeds, crushed
2 teaspoons allspice berries, crushed
1/2 to 1 teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed
3 tablespoons honey
lime wedges, thinly sliced organges and cinnamon sticks, for garnish

Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the tea bags, remove from the heat, and let steep for 20 minutes; discard the tea bags. Reheat the tea and pout it into a heatproof bowl. Add all of the spices; cover and let steep overnight.

Strain the tea into a medium saucepan. Reheat the tea and stir in honey; let cool. For each drink, pour the spiced tea over cracked ice. Garnish with a lime wedge, an orange slice, and a cinnamon stick and serve.

Variation:
Add a shot of spiced rum to each drink

Make Ahead:
The strained and sweetened spiced tea can be refrigerated for 3 days.

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