Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey 40 Immunity Herbal, 68g
Read the honey in the name as a rounding note rather than sweetening. It takes the edge off the ginger at the finish and does little else, so anyone wanting a sweet cup will still be reaching for the jar. The ginger is what carries, a warmth that keeps working long after the flavour has gone. No tea leaf goes into the box, so there is no caffeine here at all, which is what makes it a late-evening drink. Cooled in a jug with a slice of lemon it reads as refreshing rather than warming, and that is the version most people never try.
Pukka Organic Lemon, in brief.
Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey is the forty-bag box of the ginger-led herbal, sixty-eight grams across forty bags, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the large-format version of one of the best-known blends in the country.
Give it five minutes covered: ginger is a root and everything worth having is still in the bag at two.
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 and the iced build are in the Q and A tab below.
Curator notes: the tasting profile reflects our own editorial review against the current pack format and the brand spec sheet, cross-checked with brewing trials at the recommended steep time and water temperature. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Storage notes and brewing guidance are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Pukka
Pukka is a Bristol herbal tea house and one of the few brands in the category that built its reputation on certification rather than on packaging. Organic is in the name of this product, so that much the brand states on the front of the box, and the Pukka lines already on our shelves are consistent about carrying their credentials publicly rather than quietly.
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
- Forty bags, sixty-eight grams: one and seven tenths of a gram a bag, which is a generous dose for a herbal infusion and more than most twenty-bag boxes give you.
- Certified organic: the brand states it in the product name. The certifying body and any further marks are printed on the box.
- No caffeine at all: there is no tea leaf in the blend, so there was none to remove and nothing has been decaffeinated. It can be drunk at any hour.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- Water temperature: 100°C, straight off the boil.
- Measure: one bag per 200 to 250ml.
- Steep: five minutes covered, and longer does no harm here. Under-steeping is the only real mistake.
- Cover it: a saucer over the mug keeps the lemon oils in the liquid instead of losing them to the steam.
- Milk: no. Acid and milk do not get on, and the lemon will curdle it.
- Iced: three bags in 400ml for eight minutes, cooled, poured over ice with fresh lemon. It makes a genuinely good ginger cooler.
- Storage: sealed, cool and dark. Ginger keeps its heat well beyond a year; the lemon top note fades first.
- Best with: after a heavy meal, a cold morning, or the cup you reach for when you feel rough.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey 40 Immunity Herbal, 68g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Pukka
Pukka is the Bristol-based organic herbal-tea brand that bridges Ayurvedic tradition with modern wellness. Every blend is certified organic, Fair for Life sourced, and built around named functional purposes (Night Time, Three Mint, Detox). Pukka was a certified B Corp until 2024, when it lost the certification after being integrated into Lipton Teas and Infusions.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
The taste profile
How does it compare
Ginger is a root, and roots are slow. This is the one thing people get wrong with this blend: they treat it like a tea bag, give it two minutes, and wonder why the cup is thin. Everything that makes the blend worth buying is still inside the bag at two minutes. Give it five, covered, and it becomes a different drink.
The Everyday Mug
The Cold Buster Pot
Made with this tea
The Five Minute Mug
How to make The Five Minute Mug with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.
- 1 bag Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey
- 250ml water straight off the boil
- A slice of fresh lemon, optional
- Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag.
- Cover the mug with a saucer and leave it five minutes, which keeps the lemon oils in the liquid.
- Lift the bag out and add a slice of fresh lemon if you want the top note sharper.
- Drink it clear, with no milk.
What you'll end up with: A properly warming ginger cup rather than the thin lemon drink most people get from this blend. The saucer and the five minutes are the whole difference.
The Cold Buster Pot
How to make The Cold Buster Pot with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.
- 3 bags Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey
- 500ml water straight off the boil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Juice of half a lemon
- Steep three bags in 500ml for eight minutes with the lid on.
- Lift all three bags out before the first pour.
- Stir in the honey and the lemon juice while the pot is still hot.
- Leave the pot on the side; with no tannin in it, it will not turn bitter for an hour.
What you'll end up with: A pot that suits a day on the sofa. Stronger than the mug ratio on purpose, and it holds its character long after a black tea would have gone stewed.
Iced Ginger Lemon Cooler
How to make Iced Ginger Lemon Cooler with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.
- 3 bags Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey
- 400ml just boiled water
- A glass filled with ice
- Fresh lemon, sliced
- Steep three bags in 400ml for eight minutes, then cool completely.
- Fill a tall glass with ice and add the lemon slices.
- Pour the cold infusion over and stir.
What you'll end up with: Warming ginger against cold liquid is a far better combination than it sounds, and this is one of the few herbals that improves over ice rather than thinning out.
Hot Toddy (Adult)
How to make Hot Toddy (Adult) with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.
- 1 bag Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey
- 200ml just boiled water
- 25ml whisky or dark rum
- 1 tablespoon honey
- A lemon slice studded with a clove
- Steep one bag in 200ml for six minutes in a heatproof glass.
- Stir in the honey while it is hot, then the spirit.
- Garnish with the clove-studded lemon slice.
What you'll end up with: The classic build for the first evening of a cold. The infusion is doing the work here; the spirit is along for the ride.
Ginger Syrup For The Fridge
How to make Ginger Syrup For The Fridge with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.
- 6 bags Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey
- 200ml just boiled water
- 150g caster sugar
- Peel of 1 lemon
- Steep six bags in 200ml for fifteen minutes to make a very strong concentrate.
- Squeeze the bags out, then warm the liquid with the sugar and the lemon peel until the sugar dissolves.
- Bottle it, keep it in the fridge and use it within two weeks.
What you'll end up with: A ginger cordial for sparkling water, cocktails or drizzling over fruit. Six bags from a forty-bag box is the kind of thing a large format makes reasonable.
Poached Pears In Ginger
How to make Poached Pears In Ginger with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.
- 4 bags Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey
- 600ml just boiled water
- 4 firm pears, peeled
- 3 tablespoons honey
- Steep four bags in 600ml for ten minutes to make a strong poaching liquor, then remove them.
- Add the honey and the peeled pears and simmer gently for twenty minutes until a knife goes through easily.
- Reduce the liquor by half after lifting the pears out, and pour it over them to serve.
What you'll end up with: Pears that taste of ginger all the way through rather than just on the outside. The reduced liquor sets to a light syrup as it cools.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Ginger | Not stated to us | The engine of the cup and the reason it needs five minutes. A building warmth at the back of the throat rather than a flavour note, and it grows through the steep. |
| Lemon | Not stated to us | Bright and clean across the top. It is what stops a root-led infusion from reading as heavy or medicinal, and it is the first thing lost to an uncovered mug. |
| Manuka honey | Not stated to us | A rounding at the finish rather than a sweetness you would name blind. It takes the edge off the ginger heat. The ingredient panel on the box is the authority on what form it takes. |
Pack: Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey, 40 tea bags, 68g. Sixty-eight grams across forty bags is one and seven tenths of a gram a bag. Naturally caffeine-free. Best-before date is printed on the pack.
Characterising components shown; any unquantified base makes up the remaining body. Every cell left open is knowable, but only from the current UK label.
Sourcing & blend. Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey is put together by Pukka, the Bristol herbal tea house, and it is one of the best-known blends in the British herbal category. Pukka built its reputation on certification rather than on packaging, and the Pukka lines already on our shelves are consistent about carrying their credentials on the front of the box.
What's in Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey, and what isn't:
- In: a certified organic, naturally caffeine-free infusion led by ginger with lemon and honey behind it.
- No caffeine: there is no tea leaf in the box, so there was none to remove and nothing has been decaffeinated.
- No added sugar: any sweetness in the cup is the blend's own. Taste it before reaching for more honey.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey 40 Immunity Herbal, 68g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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