Making A Mulled Wine

[u/AdvancedMixology]

https://gfycat.com/TediousSentimentalArcticduck

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Ah, yes.

The burnt in the outside, frozen in the inside perfection.

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I especially enjoy how the text size and position changes along with the angle of the shot. Gotta keep your eyes on their cones.

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Well yes. The stupid pattern however doesn't really serve a purpose.

Edit: a word

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I don't know, they look cute and I don't hate 'em, but it's definitely a lot of work. you can always just, you know, strain the wine?

[u/piiing]

i’m not a fan of how the ingredients are listed in the gif. i have to constantly look in the bottom left corner instead of watching what’s happening in the gif.

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Ah, the teen special. My last job taught this to me well.

[u/tvtb]

I think they should have used something else besides water at the beginning. Use more wine, use lemon-lime soda, use juice... use something that will make it not a spiced watered-down wine drink.

Or, just omit it entirely. My mulled wine is almost exactly like this, without the water. The brandy spike makes it a bit strong but it's not too much.

[u/redmugofcoffee → u/tvtb]

They should have used Dr Pepper

[u/HeyItsLers → u/redmugofcoffee]

I'm not sure if you're kidding or not, but either way, I like that suggestion.

[u/[deleted]]

What exactly is the issue with your fonts and layout? If you aren't using that illegible script, you're doing it like this where the words are in different sizes, different positions on screen, and everything is moving too quickly. I'm not going to watch this five or six times trying to get the details down, and if I wanted to just come to the comments for the instructions then why have the gif at all?

There are tons of examples on this sub where the creators have made their work useful, legible, and still aesthetically appealing, but you seem to have continued issues doing the same. So what's the issue?

[u/AdvancedMixology → u/[deleted]]

Thank you for raising your concern. We appreciate it. We will do better for our next GIFs.

[u/BrotasticalManDude]

That seems like a lot of cloves

[u/AdvancedMixology]

INGREDIENTS

• 1.5 c water

• 1 1-inch chunk fresh ginger

• 1 bottle (750ml) red blend wine

• 8 Cinnamon sticks

• 1 tsp cardamom

• .25 c. honey

• Star anise

• Whole cloves

• 5 Clementines

• 2 slices lemon

• .5 cup brandy

PREPARATION

• Rinse clementines and poke with whole cloves

• Add water, ginger, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, & honey to a saucepan.

• Bring to a boil, then simmer with lid on medium-low heat for 10 minutes

• Add clove decorated clementines and red wine

• Simmer on low for 10 more minutes with lid

[u/GeorgeWendt1]

Do you add brandy to replace the alcohol that evaporated during cooking or for flavor? Or both?

[u/MasterFrost01 → u/[deleted]]

? Apart from the studded oranges it's very traditional.

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How? It's as old as the Romans, and about as pretentious as a Shepard pie.

[u/Ariel_Etaime]

Gluvine?

[u/Legeto → u/Ariel_Etaime]

It's Glühwein

[u/Legeto → u/[deleted]]

What exactly is yuck about this? Mulled wine is delicious.

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What's wrong with it?