Spiced Apple Cider

Ingredients

8 cups of unfiltered, unsweetened apple juice or cider

3 whole apples sliced

1 orange sliced

1 large piece of fresh ginger (3 inch piece)

2 cinnamon sticks

1 tsp of cloves

5 star anise

1/2 cup maple syrup (optional, juice is naturally very sweet)

Prep:

Mix all ingredients together, and warm.

Serving suggestion:

Serve in a tempered glass mug, a ceramic mug or porcelain.