Hot spiced cider

1 l apple juice

200 ml water

1 cinnamon stick

3 cloves

3 star anise

3 cm ginger

sliced

2 Earl Grey teabags

1 orange

thinly sliced

2 tbsp maple syrup

1 lemon

juice only

1 apple

thinly sliced

Add the apple juice and all the ingredients up to and including the orange slices to a pan and heat to just before boiling point. Reduce the heat, allow to infuse for about 5 minutes, then remove the teabags. Add the maple syrup and lemon juice, allow to infuse for about another 5 minutes. Pour the apple juice through a sieve into the glasses and decorate with the apple slices.