To add sweetness to your drink, you can use honey instead of normal sugar. | Image from zdorova.ya_eda Use Whole Spices. I don’t recommend ground spices, as they will float on top of the wine and not incorporate properly. If you don’t want to invest in big bottles or bags of dried spices, visit a grocery store with a bulk section that has spices, or a spice store that sells smaller quantities.

Jumping forward five centuries, I turn to Mrs Beeton, Delia's Victorian great-grandmother, for advice. She's also pretty vague ("in making preparations like the above, it is very difficult to give the exact proportions of ingredients like sugar and spice, as what quantity might suit one person would be to another quite distasteful" she explains, helpfully), but at least the list of ingredients is more manageable: cloves, grated nutmeg, cinnamon, wine and sugar. A non-alcoholic mulled wine is a traditional winter drink in some countries. | Image from w_naszym_domkuIf you don’t want to sacrifice any flavour, then you can add ¼ of your original sweetener to the mix. Taste to test sweetness and keep adding this amount until you’ve reached your desired sweetness. Non-Alcoholic Mulled Wine (Slow Cooker) On a more serious note, Glühwein can be quite strong, particularly if you are not used to it. Adding tea makes the Glühwein milder, but the tea does not overpower the flavours of the spices. Hibiscus tea or another red fruit tea (you can also substitute the tea with grape juice if you like)

Just toss your ingredients inside your slow cooker and cook on low heat for about an hour and a half. The slow cooker will take a bit more time than the stovetop, but you don’t need to constantly keep an eye on your pot. Other than that, both processes follow a similar group of steps. Non-Alcoholic Mulled Wine Cooking TipsSome people have recommended removing the orange peel to make the drink less bitter. However, we found the difference is negligible as the sweetness and spiciness counteract the subtle bitters of orange peel. To avoid any confusion for non-US readers, when I say apple cider, I'm using US terminology. In the UK, the drink that's most similar is called pressed cloudy apple juice. I have not tried this with alcoholic apple cider. How to make homemade mulled wine Depending on how sweet or bitter you want your brew, you can mix and match these fruits to create something ideal for your tastes. Sugar