4    Litres cheap red wine
250 ml Of cheap brandy/vodka
1 c  Sugar
3    Lemons; juice of
1 pn Cardamom
6    Sticks cinnamon
6 sl (full) lemon approx 5mm
-thick
1    Bay leaf

Chuck all ingredients in large pot EXCEPT for the sugar, cover , simmer
gently for 10 mins ,taste. Now add 2 teaspoons of sugar per person level
NOT heaped; simmer for 10 mins.

Place lemon slices in glass mugs and ladle the concoction into glass; the
lemon must float.If not ,discard lemon and cut new slices; the secret is to
drink the hot mixture thru the lemon..it gives a very distinctive flavour.