Cinnamon-Cranberry Drink
4 quarts cranberry juice
1 orange, sliced thin
1 lemon, sliced thin
1/2 cup sugar (or to taste)
3 cinnamon sticks
12 cardamom pods, slightly crushed
8 whole allspice
8 whole cloves
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
Heat cranberry juice until just warm. Add all ingredients and warm (do not boil) for ten minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes. Strain drink into a punchbowl or crock, or into individual mugs.
Meditation Tea
1 part yarrow flowers (to open the psyche)
3 parts dry rose petals (to focus loving energy)
1/8 part ground cinnamon (to focus on enjoyment)
TINY pinch eyebright (to open vision)
few grains stevia (for sweetener)
Blend together, store in airtight container. Use 1 teaspoon in 6 ounces hot water. Let steep and drink before meditating. The key is to KNOW that it will work.
Harvest Coffee Cider
by: Kraft Foods
1/4 cup MAXWELL HOUSE Coffee, any variety
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar or honey
1 cup apple juice
3 cups cold water
Place coffee and cinnamon in brew basket of coffee maker. Place sugar and apple juice in carafe of coffee maker. Add water to coffee maker; brew. When brewing is complete, stir until well mixed. Serve without milk.
© KF Holdings. Used with permission.
Perfect Mint Tea
Possibly the most refreshing drink in the heat is mint tea. The North Africans, particularly Moroccans, make this very strong, hot tea, which is sweet for most Western tastes. However, they do use an especially good, clear-tasting variety of mint, and you might find a plant labeled Moroccan mint at a specialist herb nursery. If you can't, simply use spearmint (Mentha spicata) or peppermint (Mentha piperita). Do not use the fancy eau de cologne, ginger mint, or the like, though. Make your tea by pouring boiling water onto a handful of leaves to which you have added just a couple of sprigs of lemon balm. This almost indiscernible hint of lemon adds a touch of complexity to the mint and raises it well above just plain good.
Chill the tea and add honey or sugar to taste. Even those who do not normally take sugar in tea or coffee may find that herb teas benefit from a touch of sweetener.
This tea can also be mixed in equal parts with ordinary tea to good effect.
A glass of mint tea, warm or chilled, is extremely effective for upset tummies and general feelings of nausea, and will settle the digestion after a large meal.
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