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    "excerpt": "Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger is a caffeine-free ginger infusion sweetened with honey, eighteen bags in a seventy-two gram box, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection because of the dose: four grams a bag, roughly double a standard supermarket herbal.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Strong is not marketing here: if you have only met ginger tea at a gram and a half a bag, this will surprise you. Five minutes covered rather than three, one bag and not two, lemon rather than milk. Whether the honey is honey or a flavouring is not declared to us, so check the pack if you buy vegan.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Steep times, the cold-weather flask build and the ginger strength note are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger is a caffeine-free ginger infusion sweetened with honey, eighteen bags in a seventy-two gram box. The word Strong in the name is not marketing. Seventy-two grams across eighteen bags is four grams a bag, which is roughly double what a standard supermarket herbal puts in, and you can taste the difference in the first mouthful. That dose is the whole argument for this box. Most lemon-and-ginger style herbals in a British supermarket run at one and a half grams a bag, and a lot of people conclude from them that ginger tea is a mild, faintly spicy hot drink. It is not; it is a genuinely hot one, and at four grams a bag this is the version that shows you why. This is the heavier one by some distance. The Taste Profile\n \nGinger Heat: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) Real warmth at the back of the throat rather than a suggestion of it. This is the dose doing its work.\n \nHoneyed Sweetness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Substantial enough to round the heat off, which a ginger infusion this strong genuinely needs.\n \nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Full and slightly syrupy for a herbal, again because of the weight of material in the bag.\n \nClean Finish: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) The heat lingers deliberately. It fades slowly rather than cutting off, which is the point of drinking it.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Dalgety Dalgety is already on our shelf, and the range sits in the part of the herbal market that doses its bags heavily rather than elegantly. It is a different design philosophy from the mainstream herbal brands: where a Twinings or a Tetley herbal is built around a light, consistent, everyday cup that anyone will drink, these are built around delivering a lot of botanical per bag to people who want to feel it. Read it off the current UK pack. The tasting profile above is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nEighteen bags, seventy-two grams: four grams a bag, which is the number that matters here. \nNaturally caffeine free: there is no tea leaf in the box, so there is no caffeine in it and nothing has been decaffeinated. That is a fact about the plants rather than a process claim.\nGenuinely hot: this is not a gently spiced cup. If you have only met ginger tea at a gram and a half a bag, expect something markedly stronger.\n\nWhat it is not: not a medicine, not a remedy and not a treatment for anything. Ginger and honey have been drunk together for a very long time, and that is the whole of the claim we make for them.\n How Does Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g Compare to: \nDalgety Soursop and Ginger, 18 Tea Bags 40g: the same brand and the same bag count at roughly two and a quarter grams a bag, with soursop's sharper fruit note alongside the ginger instead of honey's roundness. Lighter in the cup and brighter in character. Pick that one for daytime drinking; pick this one when you want the heat.\n\nTwinings Lemon and Ginger, 20 Tea Bags 30g: the mainstream version at a gram and a half a bag, with citrus rather than honey doing the balancing. A far lighter, more everyday cup. Worth having as well as this rather than instead of it.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions A four gram bag needs longer than a standard herbal, not shorter. Dried ginger gives up its heat slowly, and the common mistake is to treat this like an ordinary tea bag, pull it at three minutes and wonder what all the fuss was about. Give it five and keep the mug covered. The Warming Mug\n \nMeasure:one bag per 250 to 300ml. One bag is plenty; at this dose a second is genuinely too much.\n \nWater:freshly boiled, 100 degrees Celsius. Dried root needs full heat to release anything at all.\n \nSteep:five minutes minimum, covered. Seven if you want the full heat, and it does not turn bitter the way a black tea would.\n \nFinish:a squeeze of lemon lifts it. Drink it clear; milk and ginger are not friends at this concentration.\n\n The Cold Weather Jug\n \nMeasure:two bags in 600ml, which is a gentler ratio than the mug on purpose.\n \nSteep:eight minutes with a lid on, then lift both bags out.\n \nAdd:the juice of half a lemon and a teaspoon of honey while it is still hot, plus a pinch of black pepper if you want the heat sharper.\n \nHold:keep it in a flask. With no tannin in the blend it will not go bitter sitting there, which a black tea would have done within the hour.\n\n Getting It Right in the Cup\n\nWater temperature: 100\u00b0C, straight off the boil.\nMeasure: one bag per 250 to 300ml. Do not double up.\nSteep: five minutes covered, up to seven for full heat.\nMilk: no. Ginger at this strength curdles the pleasure of it, whatever it does to the milk.\nLemon: yes, and it is the single best addition. Juice this time rather than peel, because the heat can take the acidity.\nIced: brew two bags in 400ml for eight minutes, cool, then pour over ice with lime and a splash of soda. It makes a convincing homemade ginger beer without the sugar.\nStorage: sealed, cool, dark. A heavily dosed ginger bag is aromatic enough to scent a cupboard, and it will pass that on to anything stored next to it.\nBest with: after a heavy meal, on a cold afternoon, or at the point in the week when you want a hot drink that is not another cup of tea.\n Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Anything declared as honey is an animal product. Caffeine note: naturally caffeine free. There is no tea leaf in the blend, so there is nothing to decaffeinate and no residual caffeine to quote. Strength note: at four grams a bag this is a strong infusion, and ginger at strength does not suit everyone. Anyone who finds spicy food uncomfortable, and anyone pregnant or on medication who has been advised to watch their ginger intake, should take advice rather than take our word for it. Traditional use: ginger and honey have been drunk together for a very long time, particularly in cold weather and after a heavy meal. That is a description of custom, not a health claim.",
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                "content": "Is it really stronger, or is Strong just a word on the box?Really stronger, and the arithmetic says so. Seventy-two grams across eighteen bags is four grams a bag. A standard supermarket lemon-and-ginger herbal runs at about a gram and a half. You are getting roughly double the botanical per cup.\nHow long should I brew it?Five minutes minimum, covered, and up to seven for the full heat. A heavy bag needs longer rather than shorter, because dried ginger gives up its heat slowly. Unlike a black tea it will not turn bitter if you leave it, so err long.\nHow many cups are in the box?Eighteen bags, one per mug, so eighteen cups from the box.\nDoes it contain caffeine?No. It is naturally caffeine free: there is no tea leaf in the box, only ginger and the honey character, so there was never any caffeine in it and nothing has been decaffeinated. That makes it a sensible late-evening hot drink.\n\nCan I put milk in it?We would not. At this concentration ginger and milk are not a happy combination, whatever the milk does or does not do chemically. A squeeze of lemon juice is the far better addition, because the heat is strong enough to take the acidity.\nShould I use two bags for a bigger mug?No. One bag covers 250 to 300ml comfortably, and at four grams a bag a second one tips it from warming into uncomfortable. If you want a jug, use two bags in 600ml rather than four, and steep for eight minutes instead.\nIs there anyone who should be careful with it?Ginger at strength does not suit everybody. If you find spicy food uncomfortable, or if you are pregnant or taking medication and have been advised to watch your ginger intake, take proper advice rather than ours.\nHow does it compare with Dalgety Soursop and Ginger?Same brand, same eighteen bags, but the soursop box is 40g, which works out at about two and a quarter grams a bag against four here. Soursop brings a sharper fruit note in place of honey's roundness. That one is the daytime cup; this one is the one you make when you want the heat.\nDoes it work cold?Very well. Brew two bags in 400ml for eight minutes, cool, then pour over ice with lime and a splash of soda water.\nWill it keep in a flask?Yes, and better than black tea will. With no tannin in the blend there is nothing in it to turn bitter, so a flask made in the morning is still good in the afternoon. Lift the bags out before it goes in, or the heat will keep building all day.\nHow should I store the box?Sealed, cool and dark, and ideally not next to anything delicate. A bag with four grams of ginger in it is aromatic enough to scent a whole cupboard, and a box of green tea stored alongside it will pick the smell up within weeks.\nAre the bags plastic free, and is it organic or Fairtrade?Bag material, any plastic free statement, and any organic, Fairtrade or other certification marks are printed on the current UK pack and should be read off it rather than taken from this page."
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                "content": "IngredientProportionWhat it bringsGingerNot stated to usThe lead and the reason for the box: genuine warmth at the back of the throat rather than a suggestion of spice, plus the slightly syrupy body that a heavy dose of dried root gives a cup.Honey characterNot stated to usThe balancing note. At this strength the ginger needs rounding off, and the honeyed sweetness is doing that job rather than decorating. Whether it is honey or a honey flavouring is not declared to us.Fill weight per bag4g (72g / 18 bags)The one number we can compute rather than hedge, and the most informative thing on this page. Roughly double a standard supermarket herbal, which is what the word Strong on the box is describing.Pack: Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g; a naturally caffeine-free infusion, eighteen bags at four grams each. Best-before date is printed on the pack.Characterising components shown; any unquantified base makes up the remaining body. The four grams a bag figure is arithmetic on the pack weight and bag count from our own product record, not a brand claim.Sourcing & blend. Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g is put together by Dalgety, a brand already on our shelf through its soursop and ginger line. The range sits in the part of the herbal market that doses its bags heavily rather than elegantly, which is a different design philosophy from the mainstream herbal brands: where those are built around a light, consistent everyday cup that anybody will drink, these are built to deliver a lot of botanical per bag to people who want to feel it.What's in Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g, and what isn't:In: a naturally caffeine-free ginger infusion carrying a honeyed sweetness, with nothing in the bag but the listed components and any infusion base.No caffeine: there is no tea leaf in the box, so there is none to remove and nothing has been decaffeinated."
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                "content": "The flavour of Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic: the sharp, bright, almost citrus-edged lift that comes off dried ginger the moment boiling water reaches it. These volatile compounds sit on the surface of the dried root and are the first thing released when hot water hits the bag, reaching the nose before the liquid ever touches the tongue. With four grams of material in the bag this layer arrives in quantity rather than as a hint, which is why a mug of this scents a room in a way that a standard herbal does not. That is why a freshly poured cup always reads strongest on the aroma, and why a cup left to stand smells flatter even though the liquid itself keeps its strength, and in fact keeps building it.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the headline components carry the weight, and in this blend it is heat rather than flavour in the ordinary sense. Ginger's warmth is a slow, physical sensation at the back of the throat rather than a taste on the tongue, and it is the last thing to come out of the bag, not the first. The honeyed sweetness fills in underneath and slightly ahead of it, which is why the cup tastes layered rather than one dimensional: the sweetness lands, then the heat rises behind it. This is best drunk clear, with lemon if anything; the blend carries its own sweetness and milk is no help to ginger at this concentration. It is the densest, most concentrated stretch of the cup and the part a longer steep develops most, which is why five minutes and seven minutes give two genuinely different drinks from the same bag.The base structure is the lingering finish, and here it lingers on purpose: the heat fades slowly over a minute or more rather than cutting off, leaving the mouth warm long after the cup is down. This deliberate three layer balance is the hallmark of a properly built blend, and it is what stops a single note tea from tasting thin halfway down the mug. There is no tannin in any of it, which is the structural difference between a root infusion and a black tea. Nothing grips, nothing dries the mouth, and nothing will ever turn bitter no matter how long the bag sits there, which is why the usual warning about over-steeping simply does not apply.Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 250 to 300ml and steep for five to seven minutes in water straight off the boil; under steeping is the most common reason this blend tastes weaker than it should, because the heavier aromatic compounds are the slowest to leave the root, and ginger's warmth is the slowest of all. Keep the mug covered throughout, and resist the urge to use two bags for a larger mug, because at four grams each you reach uncomfortable long before you reach twice as good. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same bag mellows noticeably: less aromatic lift, a rounder, sweeter body and a longer, gentler finish, and over ice with lime and soda it makes a convincing ginger beer without the sugar. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds well, but a bag carrying this much ginger will scent a cupboard, so keep delicate teas somewhere else.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more of the heavier, deeper compounds for a fuller, rounder, slightly more astringent result; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps the brighter top notes forward and the body lighter. Ginger is at the extreme end of this: a lukewarm pour gives a thin, vaguely spiced drink, while genuinely boiling water and a full seven minutes gives something that makes your ears warm. Hard tap water matters much less here than it does to a black tea, because there is no tannin for the minerals to push forward, which makes this one of the few things in the catalogue that tastes the same in Kent as it does in Glasgow. A squeeze of lemon sharpens the top of the cup in any water; a pinch of black pepper sharpens the heat itself. None of this is a fault in the blend, it is the same root responding to the cup you build around it, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time."
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                "content": "Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g carries four grams of botanical a bag, which means it can stand up to ice, alcohol, soda and a hot pan in a way that a lighter herbal cannot. Six builds below cover the warming mug, a flask for cold weather, a sugar-free ginger beer, a hot toddy, a ginger and lime granita and a glaze for salmon.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Warming Mug\n \n How to make The Warming Mug with Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger.\n \n 5 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger\n 300ml just boiled water\n A squeeze of lemon\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 300ml of water straight off the boil over one bag of Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g.\n Cover the mug and steep 5 minutes, or 7 for the full heat. It will not turn bitter.\n Lift the bag out and squeeze a little lemon in.\n Drink clear. One bag only; a second is genuinely too much at this dose.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Heat at the back of the throat rather than a hint of spice. If you have only met ginger tea at a gram and a half a bag, this is a different drink.\n\n \n Cold Weather Flask\n \n How to make Cold Weather Flask with Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger.\n \n 8 min\n 600ml\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger\n 600ml just boiled water\n Juice of half a lemon\n 1 teaspoon honey\n A pinch of black pepper\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep 2 bags of Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g in 600ml of just boiled water for 8 minutes with a lid on.\n Lift both bags out, or the heat keeps building all day.\n Stir in the juice of half a lemon, 1 teaspoon of honey and a pinch of black pepper while hot.\n Pour into a warmed flask.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Still good in the afternoon. With no tannin in the blend there is nothing in it to turn bitter, which a black tea would have done within the hour.\n\n \n Sugar-Free Ginger Beer\n \n How to make Sugar-Free Ginger Beer with Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger.\n \n 8 min + chill\n 2 glasses\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger\n 400ml just boiled water\n Ice\n Lime\n 100ml soda water\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 2 bags of Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g in 400ml of just boiled water for 8 minutes.\n Cool to room temperature, then chill thoroughly.\n Pour over a tall glass of ice with the juice of half a lime.\n Top with 100ml of soda water and stir once.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Close to a homemade ginger beer without the sugar load. The heavy dose is what makes this work; a lighter herbal would vanish under the soda.\n\n \n Honey And Ginger Hot Toddy (Adult)\n \n How to make Honey And Ginger Hot Toddy (Adult) with Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger.\n \n 6 min\n 1 cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger\n 250ml just boiled water\n 25ml dark rum or whisky\n 1 tablespoon honey\n Juice of half a lemon\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep 1 bag of Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g in 250ml of just boiled water for 6 minutes, covered.\n Lift the bag out and stir in 1 tablespoon of honey and the juice of half a lemon while still hot.\n Add 25ml of dark rum or whisky last, off the heat.\n Garnish with a lemon slice studded with a clove.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A toddy that starts from real ginger heat rather than building it from spirits alone. Adults only, and one is plenty.\n\n \n Ginger And Lime Granita\n \n How to make Ginger And Lime Granita with Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger.\n \n 10 min + freeze\n 4 portions\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger\n 500ml just boiled water\n 80g caster sugar\n Juice of 2 limes\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 3 bags of Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g in 500ml of just boiled water for 10 minutes.\n Stir in 80g of caster sugar until dissolved, then the juice of 2 limes once it is off the heat.\n Freeze in a shallow tray, forking the crystals through every 40 minutes for about 3 hours.\n Serve in small glasses. It is a palate cleanser rather than a pudding.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Cold and hot at once, which is an odd and very good sensation. Freezing mutes flavour, so the heavy dose here is exactly what the dish needs.\n\n \n Ginger Glaze For Salmon\n \n How to make Ginger Glaze For Salmon with Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger.\n \n 20 min\n 4 fillets\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger\n 200ml just boiled water\n 2 tablespoons soy sauce\n 2 tablespoons honey\n Juice of half a lime\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew 2 bags of Dalgety Strong Honey & Ginger 18 Herbal, 72g in 200ml of just boiled water for 10 minutes, very strong.\n Simmer the infusion with 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and 2 of honey until it reduces to a syrup, about 8 minutes.\n Finish off the heat with the juice of half a lime.\n Brush over salmon fillets in the last 4 minutes of roasting, not before, or the sugar will burn.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A sticky ginger glaze with no grating and no peeling. Two bags does the work of a good thumb of fresh root."
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