A Russian Tea Recipe to Warm Your Holidays
We moved to North Carolina in mid-October when I was 10 years old. Only about a month later I was introduced to Russian Tea. Since the 1960s Russian Tea has been a Southern classic. Some people say it’s specifically Appalachian but I learned of it in the NC Piedmont. My friend Wendy brought Russian Tea in fancy jars to our Sunday school and choir leader at our Methodist church as Christmas gifts and she had plenty to share with her friends. It’s a sweet, spicy hot beverage. Recently I read Reese Witherspoon’s grandmother’s recipe, which has red hots candy incorporated but no one I knew ever added those. I loved this new drink, which I never heard of when we lived in California or Ohio. It brings instant memories of Christmas and church group and choir performances and Sunday school. Now my kids are hooked on it as well. Everyone gets excited when they see the ingredients in the house. Russian Tea is great to make with your kids. It’s easy and you can make it into very...
