# Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger Herbal, 18 Tea Bags 54g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £2.80 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/dalgety-strong-lemon-and-ginger-herbal-18-tea-bags-54g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/dalgety-strong-lemon-and-ginger-herbal-18-tea-bags-54g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Dalgety **Price:** £2.80 GBP **Servings:** 18 cups **Price per cup:** 15.56p **Caffeine:** Caffeine-Free **Brew temperature:** 100C **Brew time:** 5-10 min **Stock:** instock ## Summary Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger Herbal is a lemon and ginger infusion that carries about twice the usual dose, 18 bags in 54g, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection for people who have found the mainstream version too faint.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.That count and weight give 3g a bag, against the 1.5g to 2g a mainstream lemon and ginger carries, and it is the whole argument for the pack. Steep it five to eight minutes covered: with no tea leaf there is no tannin, so a long steep makes it stronger and never harsher. Caffeine free by composition.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. Storage, the big pot and the caffeine question are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger Herbal puts the word strong in its own name, and unusually for a herbal tea the pack backs it up with arithmetic. Eighteen bags in 54g is 3g a bag on our own reckoning. Most lemon and ginger infusions on a British shelf run between 1.5g and 2g, so this one carries roughly twice the dose, and that single difference is the whole argument for buying it. Herbal blends are bulky. Dried root and peel take up far more room per gram than tea leaf does, so a light bag looks full and brews thin, which is why so many fruit and herb infusions taste like a suggestion of themselves. Three grams in the bag is what stops that happening here. It also changes the brewing advice: with this much material in the water you can steep it hard without any risk of bitterness, because there is no tannin in the blend to turn. The Taste Profile Ginger heat: ●●●●○ (4/5) The backbone. It builds over the steep rather than arriving at once, and at 3g a bag it keeps building past the four-minute mark where a lighter blend has given up. Lemon: ●●●●○ (4/5) Bright and peel-driven rather than juicy, sitting across the top of the ginger and lifting it. It is the first thing you smell and the second thing you taste. Body: ●●●○○ (3/5) Fuller than a standard infusion because there is simply more in the bag, though still a clean drink rather than a heavy one. Bitterness: ○○○○○ (0/5) None, and none is possible. No tea leaf means no tannin, so a bag left in the mug for ten minutes gets stronger rather than harsher. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Dalgety Dalgety is a herbal house that sells single botanicals and simple pairings plainly: ginger, soursop, moringa, peppermint, lemon and ginger, each in a small everyday pack rather than a gift box. The range has a habit of putting more in the bag than the mainstream does, and the word Strong on this one is the brand making that explicit rather than a piece of decoration. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying No caffeine: lemon and ginger are a peel and a root, and no tea leaf is named anywhere on the pack, so the cup is caffeine free by composition rather than by decaffeination. Impossible to over-brew: no tannin means no bitterness, whatever you do to it. That is a real practical advantage for anyone who forgets the mug. How Does Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger Herbal Compare to: Tropical Sun Lemon and Ginger, 20 Tea Bags 30g: the same pairing at 1.5g a bag, which is exactly half the dose. The Tropical Sun is the lighter, more everyday cup and the cheaper habit; this one is for people who found that style too faint. Twinings Lemon and Ginger, 20 Tea Bags 30g: also 1.5g a bag, from a house that builds its herbals around balance rather than force. Smoother and more polished; the Dalgety is blunter and hotter. Dalgety Instant Ginger Tea, 126g: the same house without the brewing, ginger alone and dissolved rather than steeped. Choose that one for speed, and this one when you want lemon in it and a proper cup to make. Ideal Brewing Conditions A heavy herbal bag wants the opposite treatment from a tea bag: full heat, plenty of time and a lid on the mug. Nothing you do can spoil it, so the only mistake available is being too cautious with it. The Everyday Mug Water: straight off the boil at 100 degrees. Dried root gives up almost nothing below boiling and ginger is the slowest component in the bag. Measure: one bag to 250 to 300ml. With 3g in the bag a large mug is still workable, which is not true of a lighter blend. Steep: five minutes minimum. Seven or eight is better if you want the ginger properly forward, and there is no penalty for it. Cover it: a saucer over the mug keeps the lemon aromatics in the liquid instead of the kitchen. Service: black. Honey if you want it rounder; milk does not belong anywhere near this one. The Big Pot Two bags to 600ml in a covered pot for eight minutes, which is three mugs of a genuinely strong infusion. Leave the bags in. With no tannin present a standing pot gets stronger rather than harsher, so the last mug is the best one. It reheats: unlike black tea, a herbal like this survives being warmed through again, though the lemon aroma is quieter the second time. Getting It Right in the Cup Water temperature: 100 degrees, freshly boiled. Measure: one bag per 250 to 300ml. Steep: five to eight minutes, covered. Longer is stronger, never harsher. Service: black, with honey or a slice of fresh lemon if you want it. Storage: sealed, dry and dark. Citrus peel loses its aroma faster than anything else in a herbal blend, so keep the box shut. Best with: a cold morning, the middle of a long afternoon, or last thing at night when caffeine is out of the question. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine: lemon and ginger are a peel and a root, and no tea leaf appears in the name, so the cup is caffeine free by composition rather than by decaffeination. No health claim: lemon and ginger attract more loose talk than almost any other pairing on a tea shelf. We claim no benefit of any kind, for colds, throats, digestion or anything else. Warm lemon and ginger drinks have been taken in Britain for a very long time and that is a statement about habit, not about health. Traditional use: a hot lemon and ginger is the drink a great many households make when the weather turns, and this is a convenient version of it. That custom is the tradition the blend sits in. If you are pregnant or taking medication: concentrated ginger is worth a word with a pharmacist, as with any strong botanical drink, and this pack is deliberately stronger than most. ## Product Questions What does it actually taste of?Lemon first and ginger underneath, with the ginger taking over as the steep goes on. The lemon is peel-driven rather than juicy, bright across the top, and the ginger builds a broad warmth that keeps growing past four minutes where a lighter blend would already have finished.How long should I brew it?Five minutes minimum and eight does no harm at all. Dried root rehydrates slowly and ginger is the slowest thing in the bag, so a three-minute cup is mostly lemon. There is no upper limit that hurts it.Can it go bitter if I forget it?No. Bitterness in tea comes from tannin, and tannin comes from tea leaf, of which there is none here. A bag left in the mug for ten minutes gives you a stronger drink, not a harsher one. This is one of the few things on our shelf you genuinely cannot ruin.Does it have caffeine in it?No. Lemon and ginger are a peel and a root, and no tea leaf is named anywhere on the pack, so the cup is caffeine free by composition rather than by decaffeination. A decaf tea starts with caffeine and has it removed; this never had any.Why cover the mug?Because citrus is the most volatile thing in the blend and steam takes it straight out of the cup. A saucer over the mug for the first two minutes keeps the lemon in the liquid, and it makes more difference here than the extra minute of steeping does.Should I add honey or milk?Honey works and is the traditional addition, particularly if the ginger is hotter than you want. Milk does not: there is citrus in the cup and it will curdle, and even if it did not, nothing in this blend wants milk anywhere near it.Can I make a pot of it?Two bags to 600ml in a covered pot for eight minutes gives three mugs of a genuinely strong infusion. Leave the bags in. With no tannin present the pot gets stronger as it stands, so the last mug is the best one rather than the worst.Will it help a cold?Lemon and ginger attracts more loose talk than anything else on a tea shelf, and we are not adding to it. It is a hot lemon and ginger drink that a great many households make when the weather turns; that is habit, not medicine.Does it work iced?Well, and better than most. Brew two bags hot in 300ml for eight minutes, cool, then pour over ice. Brew hot and chill rather than cold brewing, because cold water barely touches dried root at all. A slice of fresh lime finishes it.How should I store it?Sealed, dry and dark, with the box closed rather than open on the side. Citrus peel loses its aroma faster than anything else in a herbal blend, and aroma is most of what the lemon contributes. ## Ingredients & Nutrition ComponentProportionWhat it bringsGingerPrinted on the current packThe backbone of the cup. It builds across the steep rather than arriving at once, and at this dose it keeps building past four minutes where a lighter blend has finished.LemonPrinted on the current packBright and peel-driven rather than juicy, sitting across the top of the ginger. It is the first thing you smell and the most volatile thing in the bag, which is why the mug wants covering.TanninnoneThere is no tea leaf in the blend, so there is nothing to turn bitter. A long steep makes the cup stronger rather than harsher, and it cannot be over-brewed.Pack: Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger Herbal, 18 Tea Bags 54g; a caffeine-free lemon and ginger infusion at 3g a bag, GTIN 6712670000825. Store sealed, dry and dark with the box closed, because citrus peel loses its aroma faster than anything else in a herbal blend. Read the ingredient declaration, the proportions, any certification marks, the bag material and the best-before date off the current UK pack.The sensory placements are our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description; we have held no tastings and hold no brand specification sheets.Sourcing & blend. Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger Herbal, 18 Tea Bags 54g is put together by Dalgety, a herbal house that sells single botanicals and simple pairings plainly: ginger, soursop, moringa, peppermint, lemon and ginger, each in a small everyday pack rather than a gift box. The range has a habit of putting more in the bag than the mainstream does, and the word Strong on this one is the brand making that explicit rather than decorating the box. Our assessment rests on the pack format and the brand's published description.What's in Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger Herbal, 18 Tea Bags 54g, and what isn't:In: a caffeine-free lemon and ginger infusion, 18 bags at 3g each, with no tea leaf of any kind.No tannin, so no bitterness: the blend cannot be over-brewed, however long the bag stays in the mug.No caffeine: lemon and ginger are a peel and a root, so the cup is caffeine free by composition rather than by decaffeination.No health claim: we claim no benefit of any kind, for colds, throats, digestion or anything else, and quote no nutrition figure. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger Herbal, 18 Tea Bags 54g 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 citrus, and it is the fastest and the most fragile part of the drink. Lemon aroma lives in the oils held in the peel, and those oils are volatile enough to leave the cup on the steam within the first minute or two of brewing. That is the reason a saucer over the mug matters more here than almost anywhere else on our shelf: cover it and the lemon stays in the liquid, leave it open and a good share of it goes into the kitchen. It is also why the box should be kept shut between uses, since the same oils evaporate slowly from a pack left open on the side, and a stale lemon and ginger is nearly always a lemon problem rather than a ginger one.The flavour spike is the ginger, and it works on a completely different clock. Dried ginger root rehydrates slowly, and the compounds that carry its warmth are drawn out gradually rather than released at once, so the heat in this cup builds steadily through the steep instead of arriving with the first pour. At three minutes you have a lemon drink with a hint of warmth behind it; at five the ginger has caught up; at eight it is unmistakably the lead. Three grams in the bag is what makes that trajectory worth following, because a 1.5g bag has given up everything it has by about four minutes and simply stops developing. Here the extra material means the curve keeps rising well past the point where most herbal bags flatten out.The base structure is the most important thing to understand about this drink, and it is defined by an absence: there is no tea leaf in the blend, so there is no tannin. Tannin is what gives black tea its drying grip and what turns a forgotten mug harsh, and without it the cup has no mechanism for bitterness at all. What is left underneath is a light clean body, a faint peppery residue from the root, and a warm finish that fades rather than coating the palate. The practical consequence is that this blend has no failure mode. Steeped too long it is stronger; left to stand it is stronger; reheated it is quieter in aroma but no worse in flavour. The only mistake available to you is being too timid with it.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 250 to 300ml, water straight off the boil, five minutes at a minimum and eight if you want the ginger properly forward, covered for the first two. Full heat is not optional: dried root gives up very little below boiling, and a cup made with water that has stood in the kettle tastes thin and faintly dusty. A large mug is workable here in a way it is not with a lighter blend, because there is enough in the bag to fill 300ml. Drink it black. Honey rounds the heat if the ginger is fiercer than you want, and a slice of fresh lemon on top brightens the aroma that the steam has taken. Milk will curdle in the citrus and has nothing to offer even if it did not.How water and temperature change it. Temperature decides whether the ginger arrives at all, and time decides which of the two components leads. Water straight off the boil extracts both properly; water at 90 degrees gives a lemon drink with almost no warmth to it, and no amount of extra time fully recovers the ginger from that start. Time then moves the balance: five minutes is a lemon-led cup, eight is ginger-led, and neither is wrong, so it is worth brewing it both ways to find which you want. Hard water flattens the citrus slightly and leaves the root untouched, so in a hard-water area the blend reads hotter and less bright than it should, and a filtered kettle brings the lemon back. Soft water gives the brighter, more citrus-forward cup. None of this can spoil the drink; with no tannin in the blend, water chemistry and brewing time only change which layer you hear first. ## Recipe Ideas This is a caffeine-free herbal with twice the usual dose in the bag and no tannin in it, so nothing below can make it bitter. The builds are the covered mug, a long steep for a ginger-led cup, a three-mug pot, an iced version, a honey and lemon nightcap and a ginger syrup for the store cupboard. Recipes, born here first The Covered Mug How to make the standard mug and keep the lemon in it. 5 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger 250 to 300ml water straight off the boil A saucer or small plate Method Pour 250 to 300ml of freshly boiled water over one bag. Cover with a saucer straight away. Lemon oils leave on the steam within the first minute. Steep five minutes, then lift the bag out or leave it in for more. Drink black, with honey if the ginger is hotter than you want. What you'll end up with: A bright lemon-led cup with the ginger warming underneath it. The Long Steep, For More Ginger How to push the root in front of the peel. 8 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger 250ml water straight off the boil A saucer Method Pour and cover as usual. Steep a full eight minutes with the bag left in. Taste at five and again at eight to see the ginger take over. Dried root releases slowly, so the extra three minutes are all ginger. There is no bitterness to fear. What you'll end up with: A properly hot ginger cup with lemon behind it instead of in front. The Three-Mug Pot How to make enough for an afternoon. 8 min 3 mugs Easy You'll need 2 bags Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger 600ml water straight off the boil A covered teapot Method Add two bags to a warmed pot with 600ml of just boiled water. Cover and steep eight minutes. Leave the bags in. With no tannin present the pot gets stronger as it stands rather than harsher. It reheats too, though the lemon aroma is quieter the second time round. What you'll end up with: Three mugs across an afternoon, the last one the strongest. Iced Lemon and Ginger How to turn it into a cold drink with the heat intact. 8 min + chill 1 tall glass Easy You'll need 2 bags Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger 300ml water straight off the boil A full glass of ice A slice of lime Method Brew two bags in only 300ml, covered, for eight minutes. Cool completely, then pour over a full glass of ice. Finish with lime rather than more lemon, which keeps it from tasting like squash. Brew hot and chill rather than cold brewing: cold water barely touches dried root. What you'll end up with: A sharp cold drink with a ginger burn that survives the ice. Honey and Lemon Nightcap How to build the softer version for the end of the day. 6 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger 250ml water straight off the boil 1 teaspoon honey A slice of fresh lemon Method Brew covered for six minutes and lift the bag out. Stir in the honey while the mug is still hot. Float a slice of fresh lemon on top to replace the aroma the steam has taken. No caffeine in it, which is the property that matters at this hour. What you'll end up with: A rounder, sweeter version of the standard cup for last thing at night. Lemon and Ginger Syrup How to reduce the blend into a cordial for the fridge. 15 min 1 small jar Medium You'll need 4 bags Dalgety Strong Lemon & Ginger 200ml water straight off the boil 120g caster sugar Juice of half a lemon Method Brew four bags in only 200ml, covered, for twelve minutes. Twelve grams of blend in a fifth of the usual water is what makes this a syrup. Lift the bags out and stir in the sugar over a low heat until dissolved. Add the lemon juice off the heat, then cool and refrigerate. Use a tablespoon in hot water, in sparkling water, or over ice cream. What you'll end up with: A sharp gingery cordial that keeps in the fridge for a fortnight. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._