Spiced Tea

[celiacmaine-iac]

This tea is so good on a cold winter day.

Spiced Tea

7 tea bags
1 1/2 c. water
1 cinnamon stick
1 tsp. whole cloves

Combine above ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil 30 seconds. Cover and let steep 30 minutes. Remove teabags and cloves after steeping. You can leave the cinnamon stick in if you wish.

Add and stir till dissolved:

1-6 ounce can orange juice concentrate
1/2 c. sugar.

Store covered in a container in refrigerator.

To prepare:
In a mug, use a ratio of 1/3 mix, to 2/3 boiling water. Don't add milk or cream to this. Curl up with a good book or some nice music, and enjoy!

[ali]

I can vouch for this recipe - it's one of our favorites!
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[Fidissimus]

Ooooh - that sounds nice! I'll have to give it a go tonight. It's been so cold here lately.
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[cruelshoes]

I'm sure most people already know this, but be sure to check your tea for gluten. There are some out there that are not GF (some Celestial seasonings and Tazo varieties spring to mind, but I'm sure there are others).
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[ali]

[ostrich]

What would be in tea that isn't GF?
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[celiacmaine-iac]

I think a lot of the herbal type teas may contain barley malt and also natural flavorings that might be suspect in the flavorings, not 100% sure since I don't use a lot of herbal teas.

Also I've heard the possibility raised of wheat starch being used as "glue" for the tea bags. I use Red Rose tea, and the last time I checked it was GF as were most of the other brand-name black teas, if I recall correctly. Still, it's best to check rather than assume. I'll see if I can find the link re. GF teas.

BTW I just use plain black tea in the Spiced tea recipe.

And a question...when posting a recipe here is it necessary to put GF near each ingredient? I just assume that's a given here that people will check the GF status of ingredients. I do try to put the GF when listing an ingredient that has a high possibility of being non-GF, i.e. soy sauce, etc.

Steph

[celiacmaine-iac]

Here's one link concerning GF status of tea. There's another one somewhere, I'll keep looking.

http://www.glutenfreeinfo.com/Diet/S-FoodList.htm

Here's a quote from that list:

[cruelshoes]

[celiacmaine-iac]

cruelshoes wrote:

[nancw]

When I gave up coffee last summer (which I have since started drinking again), I was drinking Celestial's green tea. It states gluten-free on the label, but it still did something to my tummy. I am so glad to have coffee back!
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[Fidissimus]

Pretty good! I made some of this today. I thought the warm oj was a tad odd but I drank the whole cup and am planning on having some more - so I guess it's not that odd.
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Free of wheat, barley, rye, oats, dairy, eggs, almonds, pineapple and brewers yeast.
http://graindamaged.blogspot.com/

[ostrich]

Now that things have settled down a bit here I'd like to try this recipe out. But the OJ/sugar combo has me thinking this'll be pretty sweet. Is it?

A pox on barley malt. I'll just have to get my tea from the local shop. Nothing but leaves.
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[ali]