• 2 quarts water
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 tblsp. sugar (or sugar to taste)

Bring water with cinnamon sticks to a boil. Add raisins, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in sugar and let it melt. Then remove the pot from the heat and take out the cinnamon sticks. when liquid is completely cool, refirgerate it for about ghalf an hour. Serve with or without raisins.