Spiced Orange Tea Punch
This Spiced Orange Tea Punch is an ode to the mouthwatering Spiced Orange Tea from Neiman Marcus, but made with more nourishing ingredients.
Equipment
- 2 silicone mini bundt pans (6-count each) I purchased these on Amazon linked in blog post above.
Ingredients
- 16 English Breakfast tea bags
- 16 cups filtered water
- 12 cinnamon sticks
- 12 whole cloves
- 6 star anise
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 cups freshly-squeezed orange juice strained
- ½ cup freshly-squeezed lime juice strained
- 1 and ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
Oversized Orange Juice Ice Cubes:
- 4 cups freshly-squeezed orange juice strained
- star anise, cloves or fresh herbs optional
- 2 silicone mold muffin molds
Instructions
- Begin by making oversized decorative ice cubes. Arrange silicone molds on a sheet pan that will slide into your freezer with ease. In each mold, carefully pour orange juice to tops then freeze, ideally overnight.
- To a large, heavy bottomed pot or dutch oven, add spices and tea bags to filtered water. Bring to a simmer. Turn off heat and let steep 20 min. Remove tea bags and spices: you can reserve spices for garnishing.
- When liquid has cooled, stir in remaining ingredients. Chill until very cold and flavors have melded.
- Serve in a punch bowl topped with frozen orange juice ice cubes, cinnamon sticks and star anise.