Winter cup
HB-17797 · Hand-built original
Strong English breakfast tea and pomegranate juice are simmered with orange, lemon, lime, cloves, cinnamon and star anise, then sweetened with sugar syrup. A non-alcoholic mulled cup served hot in mugs or heatproof glasses.
Drinks and cocktails1 hrServes 4–69 kcalVegetarianVeganGluten-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeDiabeticLow-SodiumLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal
Main ingredient: leaves
Servings:4quantities adjust to match
Ingredients
- 2 English breakfast tea bags or 3 tbsp tea leaves
- 8½fl oz boiling water
- 1⅓ pints pomegranate juice
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 1 lime, sliced
- 6 whole cloves
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 star anise
- 2½fl oz sugar syrup
Method
- Steep the English breakfast tea bags or tea leaves in the 8 1/2 fl oz boiling water in a heatproof jug for 15 minutes to make a really strong brew, then strain the tea and discard the bags or leaves.
- Pour the tea and pomegranate juice into a pan together.
- Stud a couple of the orange, lemon and lime slices with the whole cloves, add all the fruit slices to the pan and drop in the cinnamon sticks and star anise.
- Bring the pan to a boil under a lid over medium heat, then simmer the winter cup for 10 minutes so the spices infuse.
- Stir in the sugar syrup, taste the cup and add a little more syrup if it needs sweetness, then ladle it into heatproof glasses or mugs.
Prep: 30 min · Cook: 30 min
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
9 kcalCalories
0.3 gProtein
3.1 gCarbs
0.1 gFat
0 gSaturates
0.9 gFibre
0.6 gSugars
1 mgSodium
0 mgCholesterol
37 mgPotassium
9 mgCalcium
0.2 mgIron
1 servingServing
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data