Ye Olde Witches Brew Magazine
Embracing the Vintage Witch

Witches Brew Coffee

8 Cups of Fresh Cold Water (Plus 1 teaspoon of very high quality Vanilla Extract mixed into the water)

4 heaping tablespoons of Fresh Ground Coffee (I prefer a Dark or Espresso Roast)

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Pinch of Nutmeg

The coffee brews through the vanilla/spice mixture, so it needs to go into the water reservoir of the coffeemaker

Brew as Usual

To the steaming coffee, add fresh cream and sugar to taste

Magickal Properties:

Water: Healing Cleansing, Goddess, Intuition

Cinnamon: Protection, Abundance, Prosperity, Good Health

Nutmeg: Good Luck, Happiness, A Happy Home

Cream: Wealth, Abundance, Higher Consciousness

Witches Brew ~Recipe From Silver RavenWolf's Book *Halloween*

1 gallon apple cider (love)

1 orange (love)

1 apple (love)

3 cinnamon sticks (love and psychic powers)

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (fidelity)

1 handful rose petals (love)

1 big pot

Pour apple cider into a large kettle. Peel orange and squeeze its juices into the cider,

discarding the pulp. Tear the orange peel into 1 - inch strips and add to mixture. Break the

Cinnamon sticks in half. Add to mixture. Add nutmeg. Warm over low heat for 2 hours.

Do not bring to a boil. Stir often saying:

From the moon to the vine

From the vine to the fruit

From the fruit to this brew

May the Lady send her blessings

May the Lord grant your desires.

Serve warm from pumpkin punch bowl. Sprinkle with rose petals.

Wise Woman Tea

 This herbal tea is effective in regulating many symptoms women face by regulating the hormones prolactin and progesterone. Wise woman herbal tea reduces menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes. Gently calms, cools and balances.

1 part motherwort

1 part sage

1 part nettle leaves

1 part each lemon balm & mugwort leaves

1 part chaste tree berries

1 part horsetail

Place all herbs in a tea ball or bag, put in your nicest or most favorite cup or mug, and cover with boiling water. Steep for 10 minutes.

Remove tea ball or bag, and add sugar, honey, sweetener, milk, cream or whatever, to taste.

Crone Root Tea

Here's a tea to heal menopause problems and the beginning a new cycle of life. 

Ingredients:

 
2 tablespoons wild yam

2 tablespoons licorice

3 tablespoons sarsaparilla

1 tablespoon chaste berry

1 tablespoon ginger

1 tablespoon false unicorn root

2 tablespoons sage

1 tablespoon cinnamon

½ tablespoon black cohash

Place all herbs in a tea ball or bag, put in your nicest or most favorite cup or mug, and cover with boiling water. Steep for 10 minutes.

Remove tea ball or bag, and add sugar, honey, sweetener, milk, cream or whatever, to taste

 

Salem Witch (Alcoholic)

Ingredients:

1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Raspberry schnapps
1/2 oz Midori melon liqueur
Splash Lime juice
Splash Grenadine
Fill with 2/3 Sour mix
Fill with Soda water

 
Mixing instructions:
In a collins glass with ice, pour vodka, midori, and raspberry schnapps. Add a splash of lime juice. Fill 2/3 with sour mix and the rest with soda water (or seltzer). Stir gently, and finally top with a splash of grenadine.

Booda's Black Brew (Alcoholic)

Ingredients:
1 oz Malibu rum
3/4 oz Blue Curacao
3/4 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur
1/2 oz Grenadine
Fill with Cranberry juice
Fill with Ice

 
Mixing instructions:
Hurricane Glass Fill with Ice 1oz. Malibu Rum or Parrots Bay Coocnut Rum 3/4oz. Blue Curacao 3/4oz. Chambord 1/2oz. Grenadine Fill with Cranberry Top and Shake

The Banshee~Mulled Wine for Samhain (Courtesy of About.com)

Ingredients:

•One bottle of red wine (suggestions: Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Merlot or a Spanish red)
•One peeled and sliced orange (keep peel to add zest to taste into cooking pot)
•One peeled and sliced lemon (keep peel to add zest to taste in cooking pot)
•1 tsp ground nutmeg
•2 tsp ground ginger
•5 whole cloves
•3 cinnamon sticks
•1/2 cup sugar (or honey can be substituted)
•2/3 cup brandy or cognac
•1/2 cup water

Preparation:
Combine all ingredients in either a large pot or a slow cooker. Gently warm the ingredients on low to medium heat (avoid boiling), for 20-25 minutes. Stir occasionally to make sure that the honey or sugar has completely dissolved. When the wine is steaming and the ingredients have blended well it is ready to serve. Ladle into mugs (leaving seasonings behind), garnish with a blood orange segment and enjoy!

**Disclaimer** As with anything, please use common sense when using herbs. They can be harmful and if you have any allergies or suffer from any illness, please consult your physican. Please do not drink and drive and most of all; Have a Safe and Happy Samhain/Halloween!!

By Jennifer Toppel

As Creator of Ye Olde Witches Magazine along with The Black Hat Society Network, Jennifer is a very busy mother of 2 children. Recently Handfasted/Married to her High School Sweetheart, Jennifer works as an aspiring dog groomer and is working to gain her Certification as a Professional Dog Groomer.

Jennifer is an Eclectic Kitchen Witch with various interests in a wide variety of Spiritual Beliefs. Nature is her Church and the Kitchen and Garden are her playgrounds in which she does her best work.

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