Charlie's Coffeemaker Wassail

Little cold out? This beverage will warm you right up.

(This is my first instructable so go easy on me)

• Coffeemaker you don't mind using for brewing cran-apple juice (you can always run a rinse after wassail brewing to use again for coffee)
• 1 quart pyrex measuring bowl
• 64oz container of sweetened cran-apple juice (for 2 batches)
• A tangerine or clementine
• Angostura bitters
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 12 whole cloves
• 6-8 oz standard coffee cup

Place a new filter into the basket of your coffeemaker (CM), fill CM to 8 cup level with water.

Turn on to run a rinse cycle.

While CM is in rinse cycle place a new filter, bottom down the counter.

Combine flavoring ingredients into filter:

• Cut the tangerine or clementine in half against the cleavage and remove core if any
• Rub a drop of Angostura bitters into exposed fruit
• Break cinnamon sticks in half and then apart so spice is exposed.
• Spread cinnamon pieces evenly on bottom of filter
• Carefully center tangerine side up.
• Distribute cloves loosely around bottom of filter.

Once rinse cycle is finished turn off CM, remove basket and discard filter, wait a couple minutes for unit to cool.

Then,

• Place favoring filter into basket.
• Pour apple-cranberry juice into CM, stop at the 8 cup level
• Place 1 qt pyrex measuring bowl onto CM hotplate.
• Switch on CM and set on "strong" or "slow" if available

Here's a picture of filter basket when brewing is near finished.

In a standard coffee cup add 1/2 oz of favorite spiced rum.

Once CM has finished it's brewing cycle, fill cup to 3/4 full.

Enjoy the quart of wassail and share.

Use a new flavoring filter if you go for a second batch,