Spiced Cider in time for Xmas ?

[mitch]

Thread resurrection time...

Bought some AJ today and I'm actually going to make spiced cider for Christmas this year. I intend to use cinnamon sticks, cloves and allspice as per Roddy's recipe. Daft question, after steeping the spices in some warm AJ do you lob the whole lot in the fermenter or strain off the spices just adding the spiced juice?

I tried with cinnamon sticks last year but it wasn't great. This year Im favouring cinnamon powder.