SMUGNUN CIDER

Serves six lucky friends.

1 quart water
3 orange spice herbal tea bags
2 cups apple cider
1 cup Smuggling Nun Irish Poitín
8 cinnamon sticks<
3 teaspoons of Irish butter
[brown sugar, optional]

Bring water to a boil, remove from heat, and add tea bags. Steep 5 minutes, remove bags, and stir in cider, SmugNun poitín, and cinnamon sticks. [If you prefer sweeter, add up to 1/2 cup brown sugar.] Heat to steaming; do not boil. Ladle into mugs, and float 1/2 teaspoon butter in each.