Spiced Hot Apple Cider

Name: Spiced Hot Apple Cider
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Home cooking
Ingredients: Apple juice — 250 ml; Oranges — 50 g; Cinnamon — 0.5 g; Cloves — 0.3 g; Fresh ginger — 5 g; Honey — 10 g

A warm, aromatic apple drink infused with orange, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger—perfect for serving in mugs after a hearty dinner.

Time: 15 min
Serving: 177 kcal
Ingredients: ≈ $0.98
Protein: 1 g

Meat-free Quick Kid-friendly

Ingredients

1 Apple juicepack 1 l ≈ $3.00 250 ml
2 Oranges≈ $3.80 per kg 50 g
3 Cinnamon to taste
4 Cloves to taste
5 Fresh ginger≈ $8.00 per kg 5 g
6 Honey 10 g

Grey rows are pantry staples: salt, oil, spices. They are not counted in the serving price.

Method

Pour apple¹ cider into a saucepan.
Add orange² slices, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and thin ginger slices.
Heat almost to boiling, then simmer gently for 10 minutes without a rolling boil.
Remove from heat, stir in honey, and let steep for 2 minutes.
Strain through a fine-mesh sieve and serve hot.

Tips

Why it works: Don't bring the juice to a boil. At a hard boil the orange turns bitter from the white pith, and the spices taste harsh. Stir in the honey after taking it off the heat so it keeps its aroma.
Substitutions: Swap the fresh ginger for 1 pinch of dry ground ginger, about 0.5 g. Swap the honey for 1 tsp of sugar, or skip it if the juice is sweet.
Common mistakes: Using more than a pinch of cloves makes the drink smell medicinal. If the smell is sharp and hits your nose, take the cloves out earlier and strain.
Storing and reheating: Keeps in the fridge for up to 2 days. Strain and remove the spices. Reheat over low heat until steaming, and don't boil.
Serve with: Serve in mugs after a hearty dinner, or from a thermos on a walk, with a cinnamon stick.

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Nutrition

Per serving and share of 2000 kcal

Calories	177 kcal	9%
Protein	1 g	1%
Fat	0 g	1%
Carbs	43 g	17%
Per 100 g	56 kcal

Cost

≈ $0.98per serving

Average supermarket prices, BLS (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), October 2026. Your store will differ: products come in packs and each chain sets its own prices. The priciest item here is apple juice.

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