Russian Tea

44 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Ready In: 10 min

“I love this tangy beverage on a cold winter's morning when I want something tasty and hot, but don't want coffee! It makes a great gift from your kitchen, too! If calories are your concern, use an artificially sweetened orange drink mix, eliminate the sugar and sweeten to taste with sugar substitute.” - by Paula

Ingredients

1 cup instant tea powder
2 cups orange-flavored drink mix (e.g. Tang)
1 (3 ounce) package powdered lemonade mix
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

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Original recipe yields 5 cups dry mix

Directions

In a large bowl, combine instant tea powder, orange drink mix, lemonade powder, sugar, cinnamon and cloves. Mix thoroughly. Store in a sealed jar.
To use, mix 3 to 4 tablespoons of mix with 1 cup hot or cold water. Adjust to taste.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (40 total)

Calories
102 cal
5%

Fat
0 g
< 1%

Carbs
26.4 g
9%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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the allrecipes staff

Feb. 6, 2008

"The recipe mistakenly listed "1 (3 ounce) package unsweetened lemonade powder". It has now been corrected to read "1 (3 ounce) package powdered lemonade mix". This is a sweetened mix containing sugar...." See more"

Beckycooks

Oct. 30, 2006

"This is the age old recipe I grew up with. It is a staple at our house, especially around cold and flu season as the cloves in the mixture, soothe sore throats. Instead of the 3 oz. package of lemon..." See moredade, we just use the smaller .23 ounce sugarless lemonde mix."

clambertsmith

Oct. 14, 2006

"A couple of days ago I started craving this tea--my mom made it when I was a kid. It turned out great--I used decaf unsweetened tea mix, tang, and countrytime lemonade which is sweetened so I reduced..." See more the sugar to 1 cup. It turned out great!"

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