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Hot orange drink with cinnamon and cardamom

Name: Hot orange drink with cinnamon and cardamom
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 l Orange; 2 Ground cinnamon; 1 tsp Cloves; 1 tsp Cardamom; 2 tbsp Superfine sugar; 1 Orange (for rubbing the glass rims and garnishing); 1 tbsp Lemon juice; to taste Sea salt

Orange juice simmered with cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom, then steeped and served hot in salt-rimmed glasses. Makes 4 servings.

Slovak cuisine · Quick recipes in 35 minutes · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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This hot orange drink is an alcohol-free winter beverage made with orange juice flavored with cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom, suitable for children too. The spices are tied in cheesecloth and simmered with the juice, sugar, and lemon juice for 10 minutes, then left to steep for another 15 minutes. The glass rims are rubbed with orange and dipped in sea salt. Serve this drink hot in four glasses, garnished with a slice of blood orange.

Ingredients

4 servings

Orange 1 l
Ground cinnamon 2
Cloves 1 tsp
Cardamom 1 tsp
Superfine sugar 2 tbsp
Orange (for rubbing the glass rims and garnishing) 1
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Sea salt to taste

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Instructions

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Gently warm the orange juice in a saucepan. Tie the spices in a piece of cheesecloth and add them to the juice along with the sugar and lemon juice. Simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes, then remove from the heat and let steep for another 15 minutes.
Remove the spice bundle and reheat the orange drink.
Rub the rims of 4 glasses with a halved orange and dip them in sea salt. Carefully pour the hot orange drink into the prepared glasses, garnish with a slice of blood orange, and serve.

Tip: You can replace the cheesecloth with a paper coffee filter: wrap the spices in it, tie it with kitchen string, and simply remove it after steeping.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 172 kcal
Protein: 3.0 g
Carbohydrates: 44 g
of which sugars: 34 g
Fat: 0.5 g
of which saturates: 0.1 g
Fiber: 8.3 g
Salt: 0.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Horúca oranžáda so škoricou, klinčekmi a kardamómom