- 2 bottles of zin or red blend (or 6 cups of box wine)
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 10 whole cloves
- 5 whole allspice
- 10 whole peppercorns
- 1 orange, sliced in thin disks
- 1 sugar cone
- 1 cup high proof (at least 120 proof) spirit (e.g. 151 rum, Knob creek single barrel)
- heat the whole spices over medium heat in a dutch oven until fragrant
- add the wine
- add the orange
- mull for 15 minutes
- put the sugar cone on top of the tongs
- soak the cone with high proof spirit, slowly from a ladel
- light the cone, pour more spririt from the ladle if flame starts going out
- continue until cone is gone
- ladle through a tea strainer into mugs!