Hot Spiked Cider

1 quart water

3 orange spice tea bags

½ cup light brown sugar

2 cups apple cider

1 ½ cups light rum

8 cinnamon sticks

3 teaspoons butter

Pour water into a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and toss in the orange spice tea bags. Cover and let steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and stir in sugar, apple cider, rum, and 2 of the cinnamon sticks. Heat just to steaming – do not boil.

Ladle hot cider into 6 mugs and drop 1/2 teaspoon butter into each. Garnish with a cinnamon swizzle stick.