Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2012

Important: If you have sweetened tea mix, you will need to increase the tea and decrease the sugar by high a cup. The recipe is for unsweet tea mix. I love this recipe. I usually decrease the clove a little and substitute sweet lemon tea mix for the tea and sugar amounts (1 1/4 c). I like mine lemony. I also sometimes do half sweet tea and half green tea mix. Subbing in green tea makes it easier to get sleep at night after drinking it.

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down home mom

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Brandon, Mississippi, USA

Living In: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2011

This is a great tea for vocalists. It leaves just the right amount of needed coating without stripping the throat.

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Pearl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2010

This turned out very well and the rest of the batch is going in Christmas goodie bags for the kids. I did blend the tea and then added the rest of the ingredients for a final spin for a more even taste from cup to cup. I didn't have any red hots, but will try another batch with those added like another reviewer recommended.

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lickin'thebowl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: May 27, 2010

I keep a jar of this mix in my pantry all year long. It is great on a cold, rainy afternoon with a muffin for a snack. The spices are perfect with the orange.

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mominml

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Living In: Moses Lake, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2010

I love this recipe. Its a great "base" recipe to make your own version of russian tea. Its easy to modify to suit your taste buds. I highly recommend you mix well BEFORE altering. Here's what I did: I didn't use tang rather an orange drink mix. It tasted more like orange than tang! loved it. I also probably doubled to tripled the spices and added nutmeg. Cheers!

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lucky

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Brady, Texas, USA

Living In: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2009

I only made 6 servings. Made as directed with 3 teaspoonful of mix and boiling water. After tasting the final result, I wasn't too pleased so I added a T of sugar to my cup. Tasted the modified result and it tasted really good. Even my 5 year old daughter said, "Its good!" Served with cabbage soup, "Russian Dipping Sauce," "Traditional Russian Pirozhki," "Russian Garden Salad," and "Russian Tea Cakes III."

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JOSEPHINE ♥ ALLRECIPES

Living In: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2009

I wanted to make a tea drink mix to give away as a gift to my sister in law and brother in law who love tea but I couldn't find instant black tea so I went to the chinese grocer and got powdered green tea instead. For the lemonade drink powder i used one 6g pouch of unsweetened lemon lime koolaid and only added 1/4 tsp allspice.The mix tasted nice but the green tea powder left lots of sediment in the cup I made,but that can be fixed by straining it when making yourself a cup. The sweetness is just right for me.

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LADYGWYN

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada

Living In: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009

not sure how much 3 oz of lemonade is? i measured: a heaping 1/3 cup. enjoy. (note to subscribers-keep your units of measurement consistent!)

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Joy

Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2009

I take this recipe one step further & add 1 small box of instant jello. Its good for you & tastes great too! I try to pick a flavor that compliments the tea.

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mrsboone39

Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2009

Great recipe! i didn't add any extra sugar b/c i used a pre-sweetened lemonade mix (of course tang is pre-sweetened as well). it would have been way too sweet if i would have added the sugar.

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