The simplest mulled wine – with fruit mulled tea bags instead of individual spices. This mulled wine has a wonderfully warming, spicy flavor with an added dash of apple schnapps!
Definitely only something for the grown-ups!
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Whenever I used to go to a Christmas market, I always grabbed a mulled wine and really tried to like it. But to be honest I would find it a bit strong and sometimes too acidic.
Over the last few years I’ve found mulled wine to be a more common thing and I found it so much tastier!
Sweet, tangy, tangy and warming – the perfect drink to warm your hands and tummy on a cold winter’s day!
This is my quick and easy recipe – with mulled wine tea bags. It’s so much easier than fiddling with spice bags and squeezing out muslin.
📋 What do we need?
Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.
- cider (Hard/Alcoholic Cider) – I like to use a nice fruity cider – like Misty Maid or Cornish Orchards
- Apple juice – A good quality cloudy apple juice is best
- apple brandy/Calvados
- light brown sugar
- Orange peel
- Fruit glow tea bags (see my recommendations in the Recipe Card Notes section below)
👩🍳PRO TIP You can easily double or triple this recipe, sticking to the same ingredient ratios and cooking times, to serve more people.
🍽️ What to serve with it
I like to serve my mulled wine with clementine slices and a small handful of fresh cranberries. Don’t eat the cranberries though – they’re very pretty but definitely on the sour side raw!
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Light mulled wine
This warming mulled wine is ready in 10 minutes and so easy to make. I use mulled wine tea bags instead of individual spices for ultimate simplicity.
INSTRUCTIONS
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Put everything in a pan.
1 liter cider, 300 ml (1.25) cups apple juice, 4 tablespoons Calvados, 8 tablespoons light brown sugar, zest of 1 orange, 3 glow tea bags with fruit
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Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
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Remove the mulled wine tea bag and orange zest.
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Serve immediately or keep warm over low heat until ready to serve.
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Serve with clementine slices and fresh cranberries
Thin slices of unpeeled clementines, Fresh cranberries
✎ Notes
Use your favorite type of cider. I like a nice fruit wine, but you can go dry, sweet, or anything in between.
My favorite varieties are:
- mist girl
- Sandford Orchards
- Cornish Orchards Gold
- Thatchers vintage
- Henry Weston’s vintage
Mulled Wine Tea Bag
You can use any mulled fruit tea bag. My favorites are:
- M&S Mulled Fruit Infusion Teabags – this is what I use most often for this recipe
- Pukka winter warmer tea bags
- Teapigs Mulled Wine Tea Bags
Nutritional information is approximate per small cup (225ml).
nutrition
Calories: 178kcalCarbohydrates: 29GProtein: 0.3GFat: 0.1GSaturated Fatty Acids: 0.01GPolyunsaturated fat: 0.02GMonounsaturated fatty acids: 0.003GSodium: 13mgPotassium: 121mgFiber: 1GSugar: 27GVitamin A: 3ieVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 0.2mg
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