Instant hot apple drink

minimooch

DH has just been told to quit the coffee and tea (even decaf). We used to really like a drink we got in the US and canada called hot apple cider, a spicy non-acoholic drink, like mulled apple juice. I have never found any we like over here , they are all so sweet, and anyway I want to be more OS and make my own.

So bit of a long shot, but anyone got any ideas how to make up a batch of instant mix of my own? I dont really want to get into mulling juice with spices everytime, as its meant to be a quick coffee/tea replacement

Thanks

rachbc

not a recipe but I'd guess maybe cook fresh apple juice down with the spices you fancy into infuse it and reduce to a sryup and use like cordial but add hot water....no idea how you'd got about making a powdered one like the instant ones you get in whittards etc

minimooch

rachbc wrote: »

not a recipe but I'd guess maybe cook fresh apple juice down with the spices you fancy into infuse it and reduce to a sryup and use like cordial but add hot water....no idea how you'd got about making a powdered one like the instant ones you get in whittards etc

any thoughts on how long it would keep?

Penelope_Penguin

minimooch wrote: »

any thoughts on how long it would keep?

Not long, I would suspect, but you could freeze in ice-cube trays and use one or two at a time - add boiling water and no need to defrost

Penny. x

gremlin

Have you tried Turkish apple tea?

We dont find it as sweet as say Whittards.

I make it from instant for convenience but Ive found a recipe HERE for it but I havent tried making it this way.

liz545

Do you have any Turkish shops near you? Hot apple tea is very popular in Turkey, and many Turkish-run convenience stores stock instant mix. Failing that, I'd try somewhere that supplies coffee shops - I know that AMT do a spiced cider drink so they may be prepared to sell you the mix?

daska

Wouldn't jelling be a problem if you boiled it down? Worth a go, nice spicy jelly would get used up with a bit of pork if it didn't work.

Alternatively, Heath and Heather do an apple and cinnamon infusion, I haven't tried it but I used to drink the Twinings version (which I don't think they make any more unfortunately) which was very nice. You could up the 'apple' taste by adding juice to the infusion as you would milk to black tea.

morg_monster

no suggestions but I loved apple cider when we lived in the states. So, so nice hot and cold.
My mum had to teach me never to ask for cider once we came back to the UK though! (was 10 at the time...)

minimooch

The turkish tea sounds great , I have a turkish friend so I shall ask her if i can buy it locally or if not see if she'll get me some next time she goes home.

Unfortunately adding something to black tea wont work as its the tea that has to go.

thanks for all the suggestions

tiff

I dont know how this would taste but I've been reading some threads on a different forum on dehydrating. If you have a dehydrator (or very low temp oven) you could dry some apple slices. Once completely dry grind them in a food processor/grinder into a powder, then use that powder as an instant mix and add hot water.

Gingernutmeg

OH likes the Turkish apple tea too, and the brand we get is Hazer Baba (I think that's how it's spelt lol). It's really widely available, we saw some yesterday in the 'food' bit of a local garden centre lol, and I'm sure I've seen it in Waitrose, although that may have been at Christmas.

Or it's not apple, but what about a fruit cordial? Bottle green and Belvior(?) do lovely spiced berry ones and they're really good hot.