Making Russian Tea in Appalachia

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

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[@pamgilbert1489]

Cant wait to try this

[@rowdybroomstick1216]

Matt made a very wise decision thirty years ago, he's got the perfect amount of sweetness right there in that kitchen 😉

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is so kind-thank you 😀

[@twelvelookslike]

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[@DGP653]

I love listening to her…I’ve learned so much and she brings back my childhood memories of my mother’s side of the family…MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄

[@sherierodriguez7708]

I totally agree

[@susanrobinson408]

We had this in the 70s with Tang. I hadn't thought of this in years, but I'm starting a new tradition this year! Thank you. And Tipper, your peaceful, sweet voice is so soothing and calming. I could listen to you speak all day!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so welcome and thank you for the kind words 😀

[@d.l.n.7133]

@Susan Robinson l agree with you about Tipper’s soothing voice . Do you listen to her reading from the book Mountain Path on Fridays? I like to listen to Tipper bf l settle in for the night except l usually fall asleep 💤 with in the first 5-10 minutes and have to listen to the chapter again the next morning ❤️

[@yvonnemcmahan9037]

I agree.

[@simply_iris7338]

Gosh, I had forgotten all about that!! We called it Friendship Tea. We used instant tea, Tang, powdered lemonade and sugar. Mixed it up and stored it in a jar, so you could make it by the glass!

[@rtod4]

Tang and instant tea with spices was how my family made it. Since it was a powder, you could package it up and give it as a gift. Just add water.

[@lorchid23]

Not much beats a warm, full belly and going to sleep knowing you’re loved. 💯🇺🇸❣️

[@darlingusa2pettee57]

Amen to that, Lorchid23, especially when all of your loved ones are home, safe and sound.

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

Yes indeed

[@victoriadyke7081]

That's really a sweet way of saying exactly what I thought in my head. ❤

[@marylyn5965]

Perfect for wassailing. Wassail, Wassail all over the town. Our toast it is white. Our ale it is brown. Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree. With the wassailing bowl we'll drink to thee. Gloucestershire Wassail lyrics. Thank you for the recipe, Tipper. 💜

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@jant4741]

That’s a virgin version of German Gluehwein! Drink outdoors at Christmas Marts. Red wine, cinnamon , cloves and orange simmered.

[@donnacarmean4303]

I’m going to make your Russian Tea today. I used to make this a long time ago a d got out of the habit . I make cranberry tea that is real good and enjoy it a lot. Cool 1 bag of cranberries in 2 qts of water. Smash cranberries (when cooked) and drain off juice. Add the can of orange juice(or to taste), 2 Tablespoons lemon juice, 2 cinnamon stick and 6-8 cloves, and sugar ( whatever kind you use, I use stevia to taste). We grow cranberries in Northern Michigan and I particularly love anything with cranberries. Enjoy your channel very much.

[@donnacarmean4303]

Cook not cool!🤪

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you-that sounds so good 😀

[@shirleysmith8424]

Beautiful Wedding!! Beautiful family.. Best of everything to Austin & Corie

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much! 😀

[@goodgrieflouiser5807]

Your Russian Tea reminds me of the ingredients in Wassail. This is a traditional beverage served around our Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The big difference is your main liquid is tea and Wassails is Apple juice or Apple Cider. But the rest are almost identical. I'll have to give yours a try. Thanks for the video.

[@MarthaGonzalez-jm3vn]

Russian tea with a little bit of vodka or moonshine is very soothing when you have a cold or flu.

[@kimj.becker5527]

I’ve learned when adding cinnamon or other dry spices to a liquid that you will also add sugar to, mix the spices with the sugar and it will mix together easier.

[@teresakeith5539]

When I was little, 50 some years ago, my cousin and I used to make a "Russian Tea". Ours was a little different, using TANG instant orange drink, and a lemon flavored instant sweet tea. I still remember drinking this while playing in her meadows, during a warm summer visit to Eastern Washington ♡

[@TheSuwanneeMama]

That’s what we always had

[@reginacampbell7156]

Thats what I remember being used

[@gerardkelly6316]

Here in Australia, we have Mulled Wine. We start with a bottle of red then add similar spices and gently warm it. Some times with a poker from the fire.

[@aliceevans3357]

That would be a great little Christmas gift for friends and family. Put it in a fruit jar with a ribbon tied around. I can see making this for a cold as well. That would be so soothing and Pineapple juice helps with coughing. Put some whiskey in like a toddy. Thaks for sharing this! Stay safe and GOD bless

[@pamelamusante5343]

My Mom and I would make apple juice, whole cloves, cinnamon sticks ( 2), and sliced oranges, put all in a crock pot and just add to it, as folk's would drink it. Best memories of watching the snow fall, decorating the tree's inside and outside.❤️ We would baked gingerbread men and hang them on the pine trees in are front yard, have a bonfire, with the apple drink plugged in, and the neighborhood kid's would come and get the gingerbread men off the tree 🎄 in the yard. We'd make chili and would have a block party, with bonfire's homemade goodies and that apple juice drink. So many great memories.🥰

[@suew6264]

Thank you for reminding me of the long lost memory of Russian Tea. My mom would drink this every day. Her version was made from the dried version. Instant Lipton Tea, Tang, Lemon aid mix and spices. I forgot how much she loved it. She passed years ago but I so miss that sweet smell of her favorite hot beverage. I Love your show.

[@bobandlucas]

With the tropical ingredients ie Pineapple juice, coconut sugar and all there must be an interesting story to call it Russian tea. I have all the ingredients in the kitchen and will try this today. Tq for sharing.

[@frenchfriar]

This brings such sweet memories of my grandmother's instant Russian tea, made with instant tea mix, Tang, lemonade mix, and spices with added sugar. When I was a child, we always had some in a jar to mix at a moment's notice. Your version sound like it would be even more delicious, and that's saying something. I'm definitely going to give this a try!

[@terrykunst3883]

What a great gift giving idea, thank you!

[@kindafoggy]

Oh! Just saw your comment after I mentioned the same method :)

[@neneg4340]

I make it every winter, but I make a powdered version and keep in an airtight container. we just heat a cup of water and add the scoops. it lasts s all winter, and everyone just adjusts the amount of mix to their liking. Its great for a sore throat, a cold or just cold winter day. The cloves have a natural healing component, also.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That's a great way to do it 😀

[@princessbuttercupp4233]

Whats your recipe?

[@jacquelynejohnson9127]

The cloves are good for the soar throat, numbing effect, clove oil used to be used on toothaches to decrease the pain.

[@monkeymac57]

your voice and accent are so soothing

[@kathya739]

That's what we called Spiced Tea Bowl in the 70's, but with OJ, rather than pineapple. Added a little ginger, along with cinnamon sticks and nutmeg. Would float 2 baked orages studded with cloves for decoration. Baked, I don't know why, except to add flavor, maybe? And to lessen the strong flavor of cloves? Think I'd prefer your pineapple version, but with floating pineapple slices spicked with cloves. And maybe cranberries. Never heard/tried the Tang version. Thank you for sharing your "new" family tradition. Jogged a lot of folks memories.

[@surrethauebel1682]

Russian Tea is very similar to my Hot Rum Punch that I only make at Christmas. I use orange juice, pineapple juice, apricot nectar, lemon juice, cranberry juice, apple cider, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and honey. I keep it warm in a crockpot with the rum on the side for those who want to add it. It definitely reminds me of Christmas. Thank you for sharing.

[@BrittanyPiperLipstickShotgun]

I think I need that recipe!

[@erinrobinson6436]

Oh, my friend, I can't tell you how touched I was by you not putting pressure or expectations on your daughters to have children. If they do or if they don't, they are the only ones who know the right paths for their lives to take. I completely love that you allow them that kind of acceptance and autonomy.

[@sandyk378]

Mother's usually do NOT pressure their kids to have children! A lot of grandparents are raising their grandchildren!

[@randyfrederick1060]

Surely you know This Mary Oliver quote. When I see your videos it reminds me of this quote of hers. “How I go to the woods Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours. Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.”

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Wonderful-thank you for sharing the quote!

[@lynettepavelich7540]

Love this tea! My sister-in-law gave me this recipe 35 yrs ago and called it Wassail. She floated sliced lemons and oranges on top for looks, but you sure don’t need them. Absolutely delicious and fills the home with its great scent! Nice hearing about its origins, thx!

[@thistlemoon1]

My fil used to make a version of this using tea and Tang. I do it now too. I love it!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Haven't thought about Tang in a long time 😀

[@MiddleEastMilli]

You gave me a big surprise with this video!!! In the 80's this was the rage and everybody loved having "Russian Tea"! But I stopped making it because of the recipe! Here you used natural things, but my recipe called for powdered drink mixes! Full of chemicals! We had the favorite orange drink.....you know which one. And then the powdered lemonaid drink that is still being sold today and then the spices and tea.....but powdered tea! No pineapple was ever mentioned. But your way looks so much better and especially with the coconut sugar!!! Thank you so much for sharing this! God bless you and wishing you all a wonderful Christmas!

[@suecastillo4056]

It does sound like Mexican punch! Yum!!! It’s SO good hot! The pineapple juice makes it a very special taste!!! My sister makes it every year for the holidays. She puts cut up fruit in hers also… thanks for posting this!♥️🤗♥️☮️🤗‼️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Sue 😀

[@kma3647]

I love the very simple approach to the video. You did try to "sell" the kitchen a bit with the extra fruits and vegetables around, but overall, you just let your kitchen and recipe speak for themselves. No background music. No stupid close-ups of your measuring and pouring unnecessarily, just how to make the festive sweet tea with a narration from you for why that recipe means something to you and yours. It's homey and welcoming. I did expect something a bit different when you said "Russian" tea. This is very much like how I make cider. Regardless, I appreciate the recipe and the presentation. Genuine, down-to-earth southern hospitality.

[@QuinceyFoxx]

I'm from Ooltewah, TN living in Atlanta. Before work I swear I just open these videos to listen to you talk. My mother would have loved your channel; you're the whole vibe I grew up with.

[@RonRay]

I've never heard of this, but I will try it now.

[@chloemoon13]

I grew up with this but my mother always made the more instant version that contains instant tea and Tang etc. I’m excited to try your recipe too!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Hope you enjoy 😀

[@stevemccravy7169]

My mom made it with tang, too. I haven't had it in ages, I should find that recipe...

[@congaman100]

My Mother made the instant too, but since they quit making Tang I guess that's over.

[@chuckcartwright1328]

One of my fondest childhood memories. My mom made all the variations, depending on what was available, including orange and lemon slices floated in. Thank you for opening some good memories.

[@relax2dream164]

Hi Tipper. I’m sure this is delicious and love the way you kept the tradition going for Matt and your family. As a diabetic this would be unacceptable for me but I’d sure try a sip if I was at your house over the holidays! ~Jacqueline Ganske

[@ridwaanmohamed869]

My grandpa was born in 1921 in Northern Kentucky, but grew up in Indiana. I have a few of his mother's recipe cards. She had the recipe for a drink almost identical to this one called "Baptist Mulled Wine," except with regular orange juice, probably written sometime in the late 40s or early 50s. She was from Harlan County.

[@bobsternvogel5550]

Agree with you on the stained recipes being a sign you refer to them time and again. Other indicators are that a cookbook opens to a certain page, or that the page has detached itself from the binding.

[@christinej2358]

I use to make Russian Tea kind of like that, but mine was an instant version, minus the pineapple juice. I used instant tea with lemon flavor, the spices, Tang and mixed together storing it in a jar. When I wanted a cup of hot Russian tea, I’d use two or three spoonfuls in a cup and added hot water. Best thing on a cold winter day. I’ll have to try your version with the pineapple juice. It looks delicious!

[@phronsiekeys]

This is fancy! Ours was always made with Tang! (Remember that?) I don't drink Russian Tea anymore, but Constant Comment tea always reminds me of it.

[@sooper109]

"Cooking dirt!!!" Yes, exactly!!! Out here in the West, we call this "Friendship tea" for some reason. Delicious! Thanks for sharing! Much love!

[@scottclay4253]

Thanks, Tipper. Never heard of Russian tea. Sounds great!

[@tarheeltrue4484]

My grandmother and aunts used to make this for us at Christmas. We thought it was so fancy! I remember once aunt Vivian served it in her antique teacups. What happy memories you brought back. All good recipes and cook books have cooking dirt. Thank you Tipper! I am going to make some for my niece so we can make those memories too❤️

[@ellicooper2323]

I have my mother’s war time cook book and find the best recipes on the pages with ‘cooking dirt’. They’re the pages most referred to. That and the notes she wrote in the margins.

[@cindiagarrett9451]

@@ellicooper2323 What a blessing it is for you to have such a personal piece of both National and Family History!

[@erics9511]

Russian Tea used to sit and simmer on the stove at my Aunt Lucille's house in southeastern Tennessee back in the 80s, giving a holiday aroma to the area and having a little more water mixed in if too much got simmered off. I think this recipe will be very similar, so thank you for sharing it. One thing she added was a slice or two of orange and lemon floating in the simmering pot. People today talk about "simmer pots" but Aunt Lucille's was like a simmer pot that you can drink too.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that 😊

[@sandydee8003]

“Christmas in a Cup” I love that. Thank you for the recipe.

[@foghornleghorn262]

This what we call "wassel" in Bloody Harlan, Kentucky. This is really an ancient, English Yuletide drink to be historically correct.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I have heard it called that too 😀

[@Ater_Draco]

Not English, but I am from another of the 4 countries in the UK. We Brits don't use tea in Wassail. It's made with the whatever was the most common, local alcoholic brew - cider, perry, beer or wine, plus spices and roast fruit. Sometimes it has stronger spirits such as brandy added, to give an extra kick on a cold winter night. Cider is the most common base alcohol used these days, because of the strong, enduring links between wassailing and apple orchards. In some parts of Britain, particularly in the southwest of England and across the border into South East Wales, original wassailing goblets are still in use generations after they were carved from the tree of life. However, most of the original goblets are now in museums or are held by heritage organisations 🙂

[@MaryAnnMsbl34]

Yep wassail!

[@MaryAnnMsbl34]

@@Ater_Draco I knew tea and orange juice w spices but not about pineapple juice. Our Aunts made it a dry mix that we just added hot water to the cup.

[@MaryAnnMsbl34]

Wow cider!!!

[@debbieepperly3821]

Enjoyed this! I love tea, so I may just have to try this! Blessings from southwest VA!

[@cindypressley4285]

Tipper, I've had that recipe for so long that I don't remember where I got it. It certainly is wonderful treat in the Christmas season!

[@pamelastreetman7260]

I have found that mixing powders - like flour or seasonings - with the added sugar will keep the powders from clumping. I am sooo gonna make this. Thanks, Tipper, for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Great tip! I hope you enjoy it 😀

[@anitaminyard4901]

Nothing more comforting than a cup of this with sugar cookies or I make lavender cookies this time of year, and you'll sleep like a baby. People my daughter works with, start putting their orders in for Christmas right about now. Always good for others to enjoy the fruits of your labor!!!! A lot of young people just don't know how to keep our older traditions going but sure enjoy them when they have the opportunity. Thanks for sharing and appreciate all your efforts and great visits.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! Those lavender cookies sound wonderful 😀

[@alisapence3281]

The first time I tried Russian Tea was at our Christmas quilting guild party. Our teacher, who has since passed on, made this drink and she added some kind of alcohol, she wouldn't tell me what it was, she said that was her secret. I am not a drinker per say, but that Russian Tea was wonderful. So finding your recipe is a plus. Thank You!

[@lyndaalexander6582]

Grew up on this in WVa. My grandmother always had some simmering on the stove when we visited on weekends. She used cinnamon sticks in hers.

[@BeccaAS]

Thank you for your recipe! We make Russian Tea anytime it gets cold. It's like a must have. Especially when it snows. We use whole cloves and no cinnamon. I've never had it with cinnamon. I might have to try it sometime. I don't measure stuff when I make it. This is my recipe: Russian Tea ~2 quarts water 8 family size tea bags ~1/2tbsp to 1tbsp whole cloves 46oz pineapple juice 12oz frozen lemonade concentrate 12oz frozen orange juice concentrate (We used to use 6oz, but stopped wasting the other half. It tastes better with 12oz anyway.) ~1/2c to 1c sugar Put the water and cloves in a big pot and bring just to a boil. Remove from heat and put the tea bags in. Steep for at least an hour. Once steeped to your liking remove tea bags and return to heat. Add pineapple juice, lemonade and orange juice. Stir until well mixed. Now taste it. Let that determine how much sugar you put in. Now is also the time you add more water if it's needed and only if it's needed. It could be too strong or too sweet. Most times I'll end up adding 1c to 2c water. All of this can easily be adjusted to your taste. Once you've got it to your liking, it's done. Now enjoy. Leftovers can easily be stored in a mason jar in the refrigerator. Sometimes we would make an instant Russian Tea mix with instant tea, Tang and Country Time. It was nowhere near as good as the real stuff.

[@ls7196]

afternoon/evening Miss tipper.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Hope you've had a good day 😀

[@slocumb1270]

In Kentucky, mom always had a pot of this on the stove at Christmas when everybody got together. The ladle usually never made it out of the pot people were scooping it out so fast a cup at a time. Her's had sliced oranges floating on the top. I miss that.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Oh I bet the oranges made it so pretty 😀 Glad you've got those good memories!

[@sirtango1]

My mother loves Russian tea. I love the smell of it with the cinnamon sticks, but I don’t care much for the taste and she drank it hot. I can drink sweet iced tea by the gallon. Seeing that mason jar funnel brought back a flood of memories from using them growing up! Thank you for that!

[@saramiller3680]

My Ma always made hers with tang, instant tea, cinnamon, cloves, and sugar.. she passed the recipe down to my mom who taught me how to make it and now my daughter helps me make it every year. We always make enough to share with family and friends and since it's all dry ingredients it makes a great gift.

[@globalcolor4080]

I've tasted something similar but your recipe seems much much better. Going to try, thank you!

[@tripeeblonde8309]

My mother made this every Christmas that I can remember - now I carry her torch - love this ❤️❤️

[@1LittleMama59]

My sister would make big batches of a instant spiced tea and put in glass jars and give as Christmas gifts. I found the recipe she used in my Mother’s cookbook.: 27 oz. jar Tang, 3/4 cup instant tea, 2 packets instant lemonade, 2 1/2 cups sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 2 teaspoons ground cloves. Mix all together and put in jars, to use: Use 3 heaping teaspoons to a cup of hot water.

[@carolcassis4728]

Our family Christmas drink served at holidays was Concord grape juice, orange juice and ginger ale. It was always served in a tall cut glass pitcher with matching cut glass tumblers and seemed to cut the over rich dinner bathing our livers in fat, lol Thank you for sharing the recipe, I will try it out!

[@hawksnestbooks]

I'm so glad I ran across this video. My aunt use to make the "Tang" version of Russian tea, but I'm excited to try this traditional version. Thank you so much for sharing. God Bless.🥰

[@cookingprincess327]

This would be a good drink to have daily but use honey instead of sugar to help keep the immune system healthy in winter. Definitely making this! Thank you so much. Will use green tea decaf. ❤️

[@jh2475]

Yes, Tippers Twang is so comforting! Makes me "homesick" Thrilled to have stumbled upon her channel 😘🌲☃️ A beautiful soul

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@HomsteadingThePioneerWay]

Love old time recipes, i have been drinking Russian tea since 1969 i was 15 we had moved to Fla. where people have come from all over the world, to make this quickly we used instant tea with lemon, tang, sugar and cloves, i have not heard of using cinnamon or pineapple juice, i will have to try it that way. blessings

[@charlesdriggers199]

I never had it myself until I met my wife. During that Christmas time,her mom asked me if I wanted any Russian tea. Never heard of it but I tried it. Now I can't get enough of it. It is also good when you have a sinus infection.

[@innergrandma7963]

We used to drink the powder version. Then my grandma had percolator punch at Sunday school and that became our hot christmas drink. Water, cranberry juice and pineapple juice. In the basket brown sugar, whole cloves, whole allspice, salt, cinnamon sticks. Let it percolate, delicious. In fact, I'm going to make some today.

[@jasonrichards3785]

My aunt makes the best Russian Tea ever!!!!!!! She usually makes a pot just for me at Christmas.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 You must like it as much as we do 😀

[@jenniferthompson9360]

I grew up in southeast Kansas and we had a Russian tea that was made with instant lemon tea, tang, and spices. I’d have to look for the exact recipe but we would mix it up and give the dry ingredients in a pretty jar as gifts.

[@toniwasacha1495]

Thank you for celebrating Appalachia.

[@HighfalutinLowCarb]

I absolutely love your channel. ❤️❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@tonistephens4068]

I love your family, your channel, and the food that you make. Thank you for sharing your family with us. God bless you all always!

[@nancyhartlage8626]

Thanks for sharing, I’ll be making it for our family! I’ve had something similar years ago made with Tang and instant tea.Dry mixture of ingredients.(called Russian tea) I think yours sounds much better!

[@johnknotabuc]

I haven't heard anybody talk about Russian tea in a long time. When I was a kid, I remember people giving powdered Russian tea mixes in mason jars as Christmas gifts. I don't know what all was in recipe, but I do remember they would put Tang in them.

[@chrismc1967]

My Grandma and Mom, midwesterners, made Russian tea for us using, hot tea, tang, cinnamon, and clove, and gave it to us when we were sick with a sore throat. Yummy.

[@pattytheseeker8902]

We used to ask mama if we were gonna have Christmas tea. It is so delicious! Korie it's sooo Christmas. Mama told us it was Russian tea. It's still Christmas tea to me. I make it for Thanksgiving & when we're in the mood for it, when it's real cold. I started using raw sugar in it. It's really good & it's got some nutritional value too. A bit stronger than refined. I use it in place of refined sugar as often as I can.

[@kdramsey965]

I look forward to trying this recipe. Russian or spiced tea was a holiday tradition in our community but it was a powdered mix using instant tea, Tang and lemonade mix. The recipe you’ve shared sounds so much better!

[@luracc1967]

This sounds like it would be so good on a cold day! I think I'm going to make some.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It is 😀

[@oldblackstock2499]

My wife makes the dry instant version. Very good. You'll probably like it. Tippers version sounds good too.

[@rogerramjet7567]

All my recipes, the good ones, have battle scars or decorations!! Thanks for this one!

[@Una...]

Evenin, Tipper! I finally have time to decorate for Christmas this eve, and thought what better time to make Russian tea? I cut the recipe in half as I don't have a pot big enough for the whole recipe. Holy moly, it is delicious! Deffinetly didn't need the full amount of sugar, and I added fresh ginger. My house smells amazing for decorating! Thank you so much!💗

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is so wonderful! So glad you liked it too 😀

[@g1rlvnd3rw4y9]

That sounds so yummy! Perfect alternative to mulled wine for households that can't do alcohol.

[@marymccloskey3025]

Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. My brother wants something special for Christmas and I can just imagine how wonderful your home must smell when you make it❤️🎄⛄

[@cat3rgrl917]

sounds delightful , we usually just add raspberries,or black berries, with lemon and spices. hugs from the ozarks

[@aleenesimpson5]

I remember a long time ago having that first cup.. and it was so warm and full of flavor.. they called it Wassel.. thanks fo sharing your special memories and ways you get to celebrate life in Appalachia

[@lisasmith7854]

One of my favs!! we also had at church during winter months for the luncheon after service

[@sparksessence]

1:10 frozen oj, 1tsp ground cloves, cinnamon 2tsp 2tbsp lemon jc, pineapple jc, 2-4 black tea bags, coconut sugar . brew tea in 2 quart of water.

[@laurawalker6529]

I love making homemade Russian tea. My mom always has a batch of the instant on hand. If I can remember correctly it's: instant tea mix, Tang, lemonade drink mix, ground cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. Mix it all up and store in an air tight container.

[@Jean2235177]

When I was a child one of my great aunts made a powdered/instant version of this. So good! I make a jar every now and then. Perfect on a chilly day. ❤️

[@karlstrassburg3867]

Always interestingly tasty and simple recipes

[@benlaw4647]

Love me some Russian tea! I could almost smell the aroma and taste it through the video! Thanks tipper ....God bless...🙏

[@denver1865]

Wow! I haven't thought of Russian tea for years and years! Thanks!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching 😀

[@RunDub]

My mom made this in the winter when my sister and I were kids! She grew up in South Texas, and had learned it from someone in her family. I can't remember if her version had pineapple juice or not, but I definitely remember the OJ, cloves, and cinnamon. She always made it in her big Chemex pot, and we'd come running as soon as the smell wafted through the house. Nothing better on a cold snowy afternoon!

[@jolovesminnis]

I so appreciate this channel you’ve made! I find it relaxing to Watch your videos! Even when you’re working, gardening etc. You have a comforting voice. In this crazy,scary times we live in, Thank you for helping me calm down and to get back to simpler times! You’re a Gem💕💕❤️❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much!

[@CMgal2001]

The best recipes are littered with food 💯

[@warriors1erwin]

I grew up with my mama making russian tea and love it! The first time I made it with my husband he said it smelled like a Michael's craft store in a cup 😆

[@dreamstorealityhomestead4647]

I have seen several versions of the Russian Tea but this one is new to me. It sounds amazing... It is a must try!!

[@scottthomas6202]

Never heard of this, but it sounds good. Hot mulled cider was Christmas drink I remember.

[@b.sherrieb9977]

Our second year in a row making this! Love it. We cut the sugar to 3/4th a cup and it is perfect!

[@lilybetable]

Your Russian tea recipe is diffidently on my list thanks for new Christmas tradition

[@davidheia8244]

My Mother used to make a Russian Tea mix using instant tea, Tang (when it was really tangy!) and spices - it smelled so wonderful! I think I might need to make a batch!

[@3doggymom]

Used to make an instant version with instant tea and Tang. It's kinda hard to find Tang these days so I'm glad you shared this recipe.

[@selenahadlow9700]

Wow,I can almost smell that.i will make some for Christmas thank you Tipper for sharing it with us.love your whole family♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌

[@Jean-ko4xv]

I made this a few years back and will be making again!!! God Bless. Jean