Ingredients
4 cups water
3 bags orange spice tea
½ cup light brown sugar
2 cups apple cider
1 ½ cups light rum
8 sticks cinnamon
3 tsp butter
Preparation
Pour water into a large saucepan and bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and toss in the orange spice tea bags.
Cover and let steep 5 minutes.
Remove tea bags and stir in sugar, apple cider, rum, and 2 of the cinnamon sticks.
Heat just to steaming – do not boil.
Ladle hot cider into 6 mugs and drop 1/2 teaspoon butter into each.
Garnish with a cinnamon “swizzle” stick.
