my sangria

i have not been very good at estimating ingredients but i really do love to experiment. so one day, after finding what looked like a very good sangria recipe online, i decided to try it, incorporating other stuff written by other readers.

why do i want to make the sangria? because i miss the time when my friends and i had lunch with sangria in madrid. now, i'm trying to relive the moment at home. however, the recipe here is somewhat of an estimate because as i said earlier, i'm not good with estimates so when i placed the ingredients the first time, it came out very strong. hoping to let it settle, i tried tasting it again after a day but it did came out strong so i had to make a patch with my citrus. this is, finally, my recipe...

1/2 cheap red table wine
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 apple, sliced
1 1/2 orange, juiced
1/2 orange, quartered or sliced
1/5 tequila (optional)
2 cups orange juice (from the bottle)

put in a pitcher the sliced apple and orange. put in the sugar and mix. crush the orange a bit so the juice will come out. put in the orange juice (fresh and bottled) then mix again, followed by the tequila and red wine. mix thoroughly. let it settle for at least two hours before serving.

according to the recipe i read, you can put ice on the glasses before serving the sangria :)