Spice news
ChilliChicago-Area Brand The Spice Drops Launches a Concentrated Chili Oil That Makes Food Spicy Without Changing the FlavorHarvestSaffron In The Cold Desert? Ladakh Is Putting 90,000 Iranian Corms To The TestMarketsUttar Pradesh Gears Up To Become Global Hub For Spice Processing & ExportsHarvestWhy 100 UP Farmers Are Growing Turmeric to Reduce Elephant Crop RaidsHarvestKashmir Squanders SaffronChilliChesapeake Chili Crisp? A DC-Area Chef Is Putting Unexpected Spins on the Condiment.HarvestRed Gold In Cold Desert: Iranian Corms Take Root As Ladakh Begins Saffron Farming Under 'Him Sarovar'TradeSpice market update: cumin continues its upward trendHarvestOyster Mushroom Cultivation Using Large Cardamom Residue: A Waste to Wealth Innovation by KVK AnjawFoodde' tandoor: Chinese ex-property agent turned hawker now serves masala rendang mutton & Indian mee siamChilliChicago-Area Brand The Spice Drops Launches a Concentrated Chili Oil That Makes Food Spicy Without Changing the FlavorHarvestSaffron In The Cold Desert? Ladakh Is Putting 90,000 Iranian Corms To The TestMarketsUttar Pradesh Gears Up To Become Global Hub For Spice Processing & ExportsHarvestWhy 100 UP Farmers Are Growing Turmeric to Reduce Elephant Crop RaidsHarvestKashmir Squanders SaffronChilliChesapeake Chili Crisp? A DC-Area Chef Is Putting Unexpected Spins on the Condiment.HarvestRed Gold In Cold Desert: Iranian Corms Take Root As Ladakh Begins Saffron Farming Under 'Him Sarovar'TradeSpice market update: cumin continues its upward trendHarvestOyster Mushroom Cultivation Using Large Cardamom Residue: A Waste to Wealth Innovation by KVK AnjawFoodde' tandoor: Chinese ex-property agent turned hawker now serves masala rendang mutton & Indian mee siam
EveryMasala

Mulling

Warming wine, cider or ale with spices such as cinnamon, cloves, orange peel and star anise.

A flame: the heat that toasts, tempers and blooms a spice, or the heat the spice itself carries.

Also: mulled wine spices, glühwein, wassail, hippocras

Mulling is the practice of gently heating a drink with whole spices and sweetener. Mulled wine, Glühwein in Germany, vin chaud in France and glogg in Scandinavia, are made from red wine with cinnamon, cloves, orange peel, star anise and sugar, kept below a simmer so alcohol is not lost. Medieval Europe drank hippocras, a spiced sweet wine strained through a cloth sleeve named for Hippocrates. English wassail used cider or ale. Spiced hot drinks are tied to winter markets, Christmas and the cold season. Whole spices are better than ground, as they leave the drink clear and avoid bitterness.

See also

LaungDalchiniChakri phoolLent and fasting spices

Find spices that mention Mulling

The weekly digest

Every Monday: seven spices you may not know, what is cooking this week, and one blend explained step by step.