For centuries, Mulling Spices have been used to flavor hot-spiced cider and mulled wine. This traditional European blend includes cinnamon, clove, and allspice.

All about Mulling Spice, Spice Blend

What it’s like, and how to make it

HeatNo heat
CuisineAmerican & canadian
Goes inBeverages cocktails
What’s in itcinnamon sticks, orange peel, whole cloves, whole allspice

How to use it

Made for a mug. Drop a scoop into a pot of apple cider and simmer for 20 minutes — the cinnamon and cloves open up slowly, filling the kitchen. Also perfect for mulled wine (heat gently, never boil), or steep directly in a pot of black tea for a homemade spiced tea. Works in a slow cooker for parties — set it on low and let it go. The whole spices strain out easily when you're done.

  • Mulling Spice spice, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration
  • Illustration: Mulling Spice with the Striezelmarkt on Dresden's Altmarkt on a snowy evening in the 1800s
  • Illustration: Poached Pears, made with Mulling Spice
  • Illustration of Mulling Spice in The Tea & Spice Shoppe bag and jar, with the Striezelmarkt on Dresden's Altmarkt on a snowy evening in the 1800s
  • Mulling Spice - The Tea & Spice Shoppe

What’s in it

Every herb in the blend, and where to read about it on its own.

  • Spice · Caffeine-free

    Cinnamon

    Cinnamomum verum, C. burmannii, C. loureiroi

    The inner bark of a laurel tree, peeled, dried and curled into quills. Three different trees are sold under the one name, and the shop carries all three: Ceylon (Cinnamomum verum), the soft, papery, floral one from Sri Lanka; Korintje (C. burmannii) from the Kerinci...

    Sweet, woody, warm — Ceylon floral and citrusy, Korintje smooth and familiar, Saigon bold and fiery-sweet

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  • Herb · Caffeine-free

    Orange Peel

    Citrus sinensis

    Previously dismissed as 'just citrus,' orange peel contains hesperidin — a flavanone with genuine anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular evidence — plus polymethoxyflavones that show remarkable metabolic activity in preclinical studies. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, aged tangerine peel (chen pi) is one of the most prescribed herbs....

    Bright, citrusy, slightly bitter, aromatic

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  • Spice · Caffeine-free

    Cloves

    Syzygium aromaticum

    An unopened flower bud, picked and dried until it looks like a small nail — which is where the name comes from, via Latin clavus. Cloves are the loudest spice in the cupboard: eugenol makes up somewhere between 45 and 90 per cent of the...

    Hot, sweet, numbing and medicinal-warm

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  • Spice · Caffeine-free

    Allspice

    Pimenta dioica

    One berry that tastes like three spices — cinnamon, nutmeg and clove at once, with a peppery, woody edge. The English were calling it allspice by 1621 for exactly that reason, and it confuses people to this day: it is a single dried berry, not...

    Warm clove, cinnamon and nutmeg at once, with a peppery, woody edge

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What it goes with

This blend is designed to go INTO tea. Add a scoop to a pot of our Masala Chai for a double-spiced cup, or steep alongside our English Breakfast for homemade spiced tea. The cloves share eugenol with our Jasmine green — try it iced in summer.

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A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very tasty!

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Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product. 10/10!!

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It worked beautifully; perhaps if I add a little more honey, it would make it better… It is a wellness tea, after all!

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Bancha with a splash of lemon

A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an…

A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an enjoyable second cup!

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