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Hot Spiced Cider

Natural Cocktails
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 gallon fresh apple cider preferably local and unpasteurized
  • 8 cinnamon sticks
  • 5 star anise
  • 12 cloves
  • 8 allspice berries cracked
  • 5 cardamom pods cracked

Instructions
 

  • Simmer all ingredients over low heat for at least 2 hours.
  • Strain the solids from the cider and serve in mugs with cinnamon sticks as a functional garnish that doubles as a stirring stick

Notes

Spiked Version:
Add 1 1/2 ounces of Applejack or Calvados to a mug of hot cider.
Garnish with cinnamon stick.