Crites Family Stuff

Description

Jack and I were visiting his cousin Doris Beall in Basin, Wyoming and she asked us if we would like a cup of tea before we left. We declined, but she, a non-Mormon, sensed our reason for not accepting it and guaranteed this was a non-caffeine type of tea, and served us this recipe. Jack liked it so well, she gave us the recipe. Some of our family didn't like it too well, so I didn't make it often, but Jack loved it.

Ingredients for 12 servings

• 1 quart of cranberry cocktail
• 1 quart water
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup red hot candies
• 9 whole cloves
• 4 oranges, juiced
• 4 lemons, juiced

Steps

1. Add the sugar, red hot candies and cloves to the cranberry cocktail and water and boil for a few minutes. Add juice from the oranges and lemons. This is your tea base. Use 1/3 cup base to 3/4 cup boiling water to make one cup of tea. Refrigerate unused portion of base until ready to use again. Remember to remove the whole cloves before serving.

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