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Sugar 'n Spice Green Tea

green tea

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups boiling water
  • 4 green tea bags
  • 6 whole cloves, broken into pieces
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 oranges cut in half

Directions:

  1. Pour boiling water over tea in heatproof container.
  2. Add cloves and cinnamon. Cover and let steep 3 to 5 minutes.
  3. Remove tea bags and strain tea to remove cloves.
  4. Stir in sugar, orange juice and lemon juice into tea. Serve hot with orange slice in half in each cup.

Yield

4 servings

Author:

Melissa Agent, Dietician

Source:

Ghosh, Kris. Betty Crocker's Living with Cancer Cookbook. 2002.

Green light on Green Tea

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