Traditional Mulled Wine vs Tentoura: Spiced Greek Liqueur

Both drinks lean on cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and orange, but treat them in opposite ways. Traditional Mulled Wine gently simmers the spices with orange slices, star anise and brown sugar in full-bodied red wine, giving a warm, fruity drink with star anise notes, served hot with the steeped fruit in the mug. Tentoura steeps a far heavier dose of cinnamon and cloves, plus orange peel, in vodka or pure alcohol for weeks without heat, then strains it and sweetens it with sugar syrup. The result is a clear, intensely spiced liqueur sipped chilled as a digestif.