Sparkling Spiced Cider

Ingredients

• 1-gallon apple cider
• 1 1/2 cups pear juice
• 1 (750ml) bottle prosecco or sparkling pear juice
• 4 oranges, sliced, divided
• 6 cinnamon sticks
• 6 cloves
• 2 star anise
• 2 Honeycrisp apples, cored and sliced
• A few sprigs of fresh thyme

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