How to Make RUSSIAN TEA in the Slow Cooker {Recipe Video}

How to Make SLOW COOKER RUSSIAN TEA I Tastes of Lizzy T
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Comforting, warm, Russian Tea made in the slow cooker. This from scratch drink recipe with is perfect for an evening drink after it simmers all day in the slow cooker.

RUSSIAN TEA FROM SCRATCH
Many Russian Tea recipes are made with Tang which allows the recipe to be an “Instant” tea. Although we love that Instant tea for mornings when we are short on time, this is a “from scratch” recipe that uses juice and strongly steeped tea. The flavors simmer in the slow cooker (or Dutch oven) for as long as you’d like. You’ll need to plan ahead just a few hours for this, but it is so worth it!
WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS IN RUSSIAN TEA?
Russian Tea is made from strongly steeped tea (think 5 tea bags to 2 cups of hot water!), sugar, pineapple juice, lemon juice, and orange juice. We use cinnamon sticks and whole cloves to add flavor like no other. it’s easy to keep these ingredients on hand so you’re ready to serve up warm tea any day you’d like!
DOES RUSSIAN TEA HAVE CAFFEINE?
We normally make our Russian Tea with black tea which does contain caffeine. If you’d like you can use caffeine free tea bags for a treat that won’t keep you up all night.
Ingredients
2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups pineapple juice
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
5 black tea bags
12 whole cloves
4 cinnamon sticks (divided)
2 cups boiling water
2-3 quarts hot water (to taste)
Optional Serving Ingredients:
1 orange (sliced and quartered)
12 whole cloves
Instructions
In a slow cooker, combine the sugar, pineapple juice, orange juice and lemon juice.
In a large measuring cup, place the tea bags, cloves and cinnamon sticks.
Pour the hot water over the tea bags and let it steep for 5 minutes.
Strain the tea into the sugar and juice mix. Discard the cinnamon sticks and cloves that you strained out.
Add 2-3 quarts of hot water, to taste. Add 2 quarts in immediately, then add more water until you get the taste you'd like.
Add the 2 remaining cinnamon sticks to the tea and cover the slow cooker. Cook on low until heated through.
To garnish, slice an orange into thin slices, then halve or quarter them if you'd like. Push a whole clove into the orange slice and place it in the cup on top of the tea.
You can also serve the tea from the slow cooker. You can decorate the top with orange slices and cinnamon sticks if you'd like.

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[annwood]

I made this to go with my Russian Christmas Dinner today and I can't believe how this tastes exactly like what my Russian grandfather used to drink. I'm sure his family never used pineapple juice but I followed your directions carefully, and the taste is 100 percent accurate to what my Russian relatives used to drink. Never thought I'd taste that again, and even though I don't drink tea, this was delicious.

[harleydancer]

I know it's fantastic, I bought some a little store in the village I live in and it was so wonderful.👍✌🕯

[renamcvicar]

This sounds like a fabulous beverage, but I have to admit when I read 'Russian Tea' I was expecting to see Vodka as an ingredient lol.. am definitely going to make this on the weekend!

[shoshinsamurai]

Why not directly filter the tea into the slow cooker instead of dirtying one more vessel? Why not put the cloves in the tea strainer and just take off the strainer when done and use one less colander? Why not just hold the tea bags to the edge of the slow cooker with lid for the time needed and just pull out the bags and use one lesser vessel? Haven't you used up two large vessels and one colander unnecessarily?