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    "title": "Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey 40 Immunity Herbal, 68g",
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    "excerpt": "Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey is the\nforty-bag box of the ginger-led herbal, sixty-eight grams across forty bags, picked into the\nTeas.co.uk curator selection as the large-format version of one of the best-known blends in the\ncountry.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before\npurchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the\ncurrent UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal\nroutes.Give it five minutes\ncovered: ginger is a root and everything worth having is still in the bag at two.Curator\nnotes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and\nthe brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday\nto Friday. Steep times and the iced build are in the Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey is the\nforty-bag box of one of the best-known herbal blends in the country, sixty-eight grams across forty\nbags, which is one and seven tenths of a gram a bag. It is a ginger-led infusion with lemon across the\ntop and honey rounding the finish, certified organic, and it contains no tea leaf at all, so there is\nno caffeine in it. The Taste Profile\n \nGinger: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) The engine of the cup. A real building\nwarmth at the back of the throat rather than a flavour note, and it grows through the steep rather\nthan arriving all at once.\n \nLemon: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Bright and clean across the top, and the\npart that keeps a root-led infusion from reading as heavy or medicinal.\n \nHoney Roundness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) A softening at the finish rather\nthan a sweetness you would identify blind. It takes the edge off the ginger heat.\n \nClean Finish: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) No tannin anywhere, so nothing dries\nthe mouth. The warmth stays after the flavour has gone, which is the signature of the blend.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at\nTeas.co.uk The Story Behind Pukka Pukka is a Bristol herbal tea house and one of the few brands in the category that built its\nreputation on certification rather than on packaging. Organic is in the name of this product, so that\nmuch the brand states on the front of the box, and the Pukka lines already on our shelves are\nconsistent about carrying their credentials publicly rather than quietly. The tasting profile above is our own editorial assessment against the\ncurrent pack format and the brand's published description. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can\nrequire different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nForty bags, sixty-eight grams: one and seven tenths of a gram a bag, which is a\ngenerous dose for a herbal infusion and more than most twenty-bag boxes give you. \n\nCertified organic: the brand states it in the product name. The certifying body\nand any further marks are printed on the box.\nNo caffeine at all: there is no tea leaf in the blend, so there was none to\nremove and nothing has been decaffeinated. It can be drunk at any hour.\n\n How Does Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey Compare to: \n\nTeapigs Ginger and Manuka Honey, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g: the same pairing without the\nlemon, in whole-leaf pyramids at two and a half grams a bag. A heavier, hotter and more concentrated\nginger cup with nothing bright cutting across it. Fewer bags at a higher price.\nTwinings Bioblends Lemon, Ginger and Turmeric, 18 Tea Bags 40g: lemon and ginger\nagain, with turmeric in place of the honey, which swaps the soft finish for an earthy one. A drier\ncup, and the better choice if you find the honey note here too rounded.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions Ginger is a root, and roots are slow. This is the one thing people get wrong with this blend: they\ntreat it like a tea bag, give it two minutes, and wonder why the cup is thin. Everything that makes\nthe blend worth buying is still inside the bag at two minutes. Give it five, covered, and it becomes a\ndifferent drink. The Everyday Mug\n \nMeasure: one bag per 200 to 250ml. At one and seven tenths of a gram there is no case for\ndoubling up.\n \nWater: freshly boiled at 100 degrees Celsius. Dried root needs full heat, and this is not a\ngreen tea.\n \nSteep: five minutes minimum, covered. The ginger heat builds across the whole of that time\nand does not peak early.\n \nFinish: drink it clear. No milk. A squeeze of fresh lemon sharpens it further if the honey\nnote is too soft for you.\n\n The Cold Buster Pot\n \nMeasure: three bags in 500ml, which is deliberately stronger than the mug ratio.\n \nSteep: eight minutes with the lid on, then take the bags out before the first pour.\n \nAdd: a tablespoon of honey and the juice of half a lemon while the pot is still hot.\n \nHold: there is no tannin in it, so the pot will sit for an hour without turning bitter. It\nsuits a day spent on the sofa.\n\n Getting It Right in the Cup\n\nWater temperature: 100\u00b0C, straight off the boil.\nMeasure: one bag per 200 to 250ml.\nSteep: five minutes covered, and longer does no harm here. Under-steeping is the\nonly real mistake.\nCover it: a saucer over the mug keeps the lemon oils in the liquid instead of\nlosing them to the steam.\nMilk: no. Acid and milk do not get on, and the lemon will curdle it.\nIced: three bags in 400ml for eight minutes, cooled, poured over ice with fresh\nlemon. It makes a genuinely good ginger cooler.\nStorage: sealed, cool and dark. Ginger keeps its heat well beyond a year; the\nlemon top note fades first.\nBest with: after a heavy meal, a cold morning, or the cup you reach for when you\nfeel rough.\n Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase;\nformulations and allergen advice can change. Anyone\navoiding honey, or eating strictly plant-based, should read the panel on the box rather than rely on\nthe product name, which is not a substitute for it. Caffeine note: naturally caffeine free. There is no tea leaf in the blend, so\nthere is nothing to decaffeinate and no residual caffeine to quote. Ginger note: ginger is warming and some people find a strong infusion of it\nuncomfortable on an empty stomach or alongside reflux. Anyone pregnant, breastfeeding or on medication\nwho is unsure about ginger should take proper advice rather than ours.",
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                "title": "Product Questions",
                "content": "Is this the same blend as the twenty-bag box?Yes, in the large format. Forty bags across sixty-eight grams, which is one and seven tenths of a gram a bag. It saves you reorders and packaging rather than money. Does it contain caffeine?No. There is no tea leaf in it at all, so it is naturally caffeine free rather than decaffeinated. Nothing has been stripped out of it and there is no residual caffeine to quote. It can be drunk at any hour. How long should I steep it?Five minutes, covered, and longer does no harm. This is the one thing people get wrong: ginger is a root and roots release slowly, so at two minutes almost everything worth having is still inside the bag. Covering the mug keeps the lemon oils in the liquid rather than in the steam. Does it actually taste of honey?Not as a sweetness you would identify blind. It reads as a rounding at the finish, taking the edge off the ginger heat rather than sweetening the cup. If you want it sweeter you will need to add something yourself. Is it organic?The word Organic is in the product name, so that much the brand states on the front of the box. How hot is the ginger?Warming rather than sharp, and it builds. The heat sits at the back of the throat and grows across the steep rather than hitting at the front, which is what separates a ginger infusion from a spiced tea. A longer steep makes it noticeably hotter. Can I add milk?No. There is lemon in it, and acid and milk do not get on: the milk will curdle and the cup is ruined. Drink it clear, and if you want it softer add honey rather than dairy. Does it work iced?Very well, and it is one of the better herbal blends for it. Three bags in 400ml for eight minutes, cooled, then poured over a full glass of ice with fresh lemon. The warmth of the ginger against cold liquid is a much better combination than it sounds. How should I store it?Sealed, cool, dark and away from anything strongly scented. Ginger holds its heat well beyond a year; the lemon top note is the first thing to fade, so the difference between a fresh box and an old one is brightness rather than strength. When is it best drunk?After a heavy meal, on a cold morning, or as the cup you reach for when you feel rough. With no caffeine in it there is no wrong hour, which is most of the reason a box of forty makes sense in a household rather than a box of twenty."
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                "content": "IngredientProportionWhat it bringsGingerNot stated to usThe 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.LemonNot stated to usBright 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 honeyNot stated to usA 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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                "title": "Flavour Science",
                "content": "The flavour of Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey 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 and it is almost entirely the lemon. Citrus oils are among the most volatile things put into a tea bag, which is why a freshly poured mug smells sharp and clean and a mug left standing smells of ginger alone. It is also why covering the cup for the first minute matters here more than with most blends: uncovered, the brightest part of the drink goes into the room rather than into the liquid.The flavour spike arrives mid palate and belongs to the ginger, but it arrives on a delay that is worth understanding. Ginger is a root, and roots hold their compounds in dense tissue that hot water works into slowly, so the heat builds across the whole steep rather than peaking early. That is the mechanism behind the five-minute rule: at two minutes you have a lemon drink with a hint of warmth, and at five you have a ginger drink with lemon on it. The honey sits underneath both, doing very little on its own and a great deal to the ginger, because sweetness blunts the perception of heat.The base structure is the lingering finish, and here it is warmth rather than flavour. There is no tannin anywhere in the cup, so nothing dries the mouth and nothing grips; what stays is the glow at the back of the throat after the lemon and the honey have both gone. A well-made cup should still be warming you a full minute after the last mouthful.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 200 to 250ml, water straight off the boil, five minutes covered, and longer does no harm. Under-steeping is the only real mistake with this blend and it is the commonest one, because the bag looks finished long before the root is. No milk under any circumstances, since the lemon will curdle it. Cold brewed in the fridge for eight hours the same blend changes character completely: the ginger heat drops back a long way, the lemon comes forward, and the result is closer to a still lemonade than to a tea. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the ginger holds its heat well beyond a year, while the lemon fades first, so an old box tastes duller rather than weaker.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Full boiling water and a long steep pull the heavier, hotter compounds out of the root for a fuller and distinctly spicier result; cooler water or a short steep leaves the ginger behind and gives a thin, lemon-dominated cup that people often mistake for a weak bag. Hard tap water flattens citrus noticeably and pushes the whole drink towards dull, so in a hard water area a longer steep restores the balance, while soft water lets the lemon ring clearer and needs a touch less time. None of this is a fault in the blend; it is the same bag responding to the cup you build around it."
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                "content": "Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & a touch of Manuka Honey is a ginger infusion first and a lemon drink second, which makes it a better base for building on than a plain lemon and ginger. Six builds below cover the everyday mug, the cold buster pot, an iced cooler, a hot toddy, a ginger syrup for the fridge and a poaching liquor for fruit.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Five Minute Mug\n \n How to make The Five Minute Mug with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.\n \n 5 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey\n 250ml water straight off the boil\n A slice of fresh lemon, optional\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag.\n Cover the mug with a saucer and leave it five minutes, which keeps the lemon oils in the liquid.\n Lift the bag out and add a slice of fresh lemon if you want the top note sharper.\n Drink it clear, with no milk.\n \n \n \n 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.\n\n \n The Cold Buster Pot\n \n How to make The Cold Buster Pot with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.\n \n 8 min\n 500ml pot\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey\n 500ml water straight off the boil\n 1 tablespoon honey\n Juice of half a lemon\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep three bags in 500ml for eight minutes with the lid on.\n Lift all three bags out before the first pour.\n Stir in the honey and the lemon juice while the pot is still hot.\n Leave the pot on the side; with no tannin in it, it will not turn bitter for an hour.\n \n \n \n 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.\n\n \n Iced Ginger Lemon Cooler\n \n How to make Iced Ginger Lemon Cooler with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.\n \n 8 min + chill\n 1 tall glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey\n 400ml just boiled water\n A glass filled with ice\n Fresh lemon, sliced\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep three bags in 400ml for eight minutes, then cool completely.\n Fill a tall glass with ice and add the lemon slices.\n Pour the cold infusion over and stir.\n \n \n \n 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.\n\n \n Hot Toddy (Adult)\n \n How to make Hot Toddy (Adult) with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.\n \n 6 min\n 1 glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey\n 200ml just boiled water\n 25ml whisky or dark rum\n 1 tablespoon honey\n A lemon slice studded with a clove\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep one bag in 200ml for six minutes in a heatproof glass.\n Stir in the honey while it is hot, then the spirit.\n Garnish with the clove-studded lemon slice.\n \n \n \n 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.\n\n \n Ginger Syrup For The Fridge\n \n How to make Ginger Syrup For The Fridge with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.\n \n 15 min\n 1 small bottle\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 6 bags Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey\n 200ml just boiled water\n 150g caster sugar\n Peel of 1 lemon\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep six bags in 200ml for fifteen minutes to make a very strong concentrate.\n Squeeze the bags out, then warm the liquid with the sugar and the lemon peel until the sugar dissolves.\n Bottle it, keep it in the fridge and use it within two weeks.\n \n \n \n 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.\n\n \n Poached Pears In Ginger\n \n How to make Poached Pears In Ginger with Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey.\n \n 30 min\n 4 pears\n Medium\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Pukka Organic Lemon, Ginger & Manuka Honey\n 600ml just boiled water\n 4 firm pears, peeled\n 3 tablespoons honey\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep four bags in 600ml for ten minutes to make a strong poaching liquor, then remove them.\n Add the honey and the peeled pears and simmer gently for twenty minutes until a knife goes through easily.\n Reduce the liquor by half after lifting the pears out, and pour it over them to serve.\n \n \n \n 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."
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