Carbing and spicing

[zinn]

I brewed my first all grain brew (brewed it in the Anvil Foundry and it's currently fermenting in the better bottle plastic carboy). It's a pumpkin spice ale, so I want to add some spices once it's done fermenting. I'm not 100% sure how best to spice and carbonate. Here's my plan:

1. When fermentation is complete, pour beer into bottling bucket .
2. Create a spice tea by boiling some ground spices (cinnamon, clove, etc.)
3. Pour a little bit of the spice tea into the bottling bucket (do I need to pour it through a strainer?)
4. Stir it up.
5. Give it a taste. If it needs more spices, add some more until it's where I want it.
6. Dump the priming sugar into the bottling bucket.
7. Stir everything up real well.
8. Bottle the beer.

Does this plan make sense? Is there something I should be doing differently?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Rish]

Looks like a good plan. I'd suggest making your spice tea with whole spices, maybe cracked, instead of ground. Ground spices are harder to get out and could leave particulates that may continue to affect taste.
Also, be careful with mixing the tea into your beer to avoid adding oxygen. Just swirl gently.