2.Pour into a jug or container and pour the hot tea over, allowing for this to stand for 20 minutes.
3.Strain into a jug and chill thoroughly.
Mulberry Brandy-From Aurora
2 pounds of mulberries
Equal amounts of sugar and brandy to the mulberries
1.Take the 2 pounds of mulberries. Wash them and cut the stalks to within about a quarter of an inch of the fruit (this is most important).
2.You will need the equal amounts of mulberries, sugar and brandy, so mark the jar in which you will be storing the mulberry brandy into three equal portions.
3.Now measure out into separate containers the sugar, then the brandy, then the mulberries. Place the mulberries in an earthenware bowl, add the sugar, and then the brandy.
4.Leave in a convenient warm corner of the cellar for a couple of days, and once or twice a day swirl the mulberries in the brandy syrup, but DO NOT stir the mixture.
5.When the sugar has completely dissolved, pour into the jar, cork and seal and put away for about 6 months. At the end of the storing period the fruit will have dissolved or shriveled into the mixture, and all that has to be done is to strain out the little bits of stalk and seeds.