Cider Chai Tea is that sweet little sip for this chilly start to spring. Nothing beats local apple cider! I enjoy cider chilled and cut with sparkling water as a soda substitute. Enjoy this recipe warm or chilled. If you have a bottle of Art in the Age’s SNAP, add a splash!
There are simple food substitutions to be made in the kitchen but swapping mass produced apple cider for local batches is not one of them. Do a side-by-side comparison sometime, if you don’t believe me.
In addition to the Cider Chai Tea, reduced cider can be mixed into a salad dressing or combined with mustard and jam as a meat or vegetable glaze. Try cooking your quinoa in half water, half cider for extra flavor.
Find Ontelaunee Orchard’s Honeycrisp Cider at Redner’s Market and Weaver’s Orchard Apple Cider at the Fairgrounds Market, Wyomissing Farmer’s Market or Weaver’s Orchard Store.
- 4 cups apple cider
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cups chai tea concentrate
- whipped cream, to garnish
- ground cinnamon, to garnish
- In a small saucepan, simmer the apple cider and cinnamon stick until the cider is reduced by half. Remove the cinnamon stick.
- Add the chai tea to the cider and bring to a simmer.
- Divide into two cups. Serve warm with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Up early and my mission today is to buy some good apple cider. I have to try this recipe.