Twinings Lemon & Ginger, 80 Tea Bags 120g
Hot lemon and ginger carries a long tradition behind it in cold weather. Tradition is all we are calling it, and nothing on this page is a claim about what it will do for you. As a cup it is caffeine free, with a bright lemon top note that arrives first and fades first, over a dry ginger warmth that arrives late and sits there after the cup is down. The fill is light, so five minutes covered rather than three. If you want real heat, use two bags rather than twice the minutes, because you cannot extract what is not in the bag.
Twinings Lemon & Ginger, in brief.
Twinings Lemon & Ginger is the warming half of the herbal shelf, 80 bags in a 120g box at 1.5g of dried botanicals per bag, with no tea leaf and no caffeine. Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the cold-weather box.
Water straight off the boil, five minutes covered, and longer does no harm: ginger is slow to give itself up, so a three-minute cup is lemon with a hint of ginger rather than the warming drink you bought. Two bags in one mug is the honest fix for real heat.
It is worth noting the dose honestly: at 1.5g a bag this is a lighter fill than a peppermint or a rooibos, and that has a direct consequence for how you should brew it, which is covered below.
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. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind The Box
Twinings has traded as a London tea house since 1706, and its herbal range is a much later addition to a business built on black tea. Lemon and ginger is the line in it that sells on a cold day: a pairing old enough and obvious enough that every tea house in the country has a version of it.
What is actually in the bag, in what proportions, and whether the lemon arrives as peel, as flavouring or as both, is declared on the carton in your hand rather than to us. What we can tell you comes off the pack format: 120g across 80 bags, 1.5g a bag, one bag a mug, 80 mugs.
One thing we will not do is tell you what this drink does for you. Ginger and lemon have been taken hot in cold weather for a very long time and that is a matter of tradition rather than a claim we are making on the product's behalf. It is a warming, caffeine-free drink. That is enough.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
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- The box that arrives is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import.
- Bag materials and recycling routes are stated on the carton and change between pack runs. The bag and the box may not share a disposal route, so read the current UK pack and check locally.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Twinings Lemon & Ginger, 80 Tea Bags 120g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Twinings
Twinings has been blending tea on London's Strand since 1706, the same address, three centuries later. Holders of the royal warrant for tea since 1837, they're the brand most-associated with Earl Grey, English Breakfast, and the polished afternoon-tea aesthetic. Wide flavoured-tea range; ethical sourcing through the Twinings Community Needs Assessment programme.
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
This is the opposite problem to black tea. There is no tannin in the bag to turn harsh, so a long steep costs you nothing, while a short one leaves the ginger behind entirely. Ginger is the slowest thing in the bag to give itself up, and at 1.5g a bag there is not much of it to start with.
The Mug
The Pot
Made with this tea
The Five Minute Warming Cup
The everyday build, and the two extra minutes that turn a lemon drink into a ginger one.
- 1 or 2 lemon and ginger tea bags
- 200 to 250ml water at 100 degrees
- 1 teaspoon clear honey, optional
- A slice of fresh lemon
- Pour water straight off the boil onto the bag in the mug.
- Cover with a saucer and leave it five minutes, not three.
- Use two bags instead of one if you want real ginger heat; more leaf beats more time.
- Finish with a slice of fresh lemon, and honey only if you want it.
What you'll end up with: A warming, caffeine-free cup with the ginger arriving late and staying after the mug is down.
Hot Toddy (Adult)
The traditional cold-weather drink, built on an infusion rather than on hot water.
- 2 lemon and ginger tea bags
- 200ml water at 100 degrees
- 1 tablespoon clear honey
- 25ml dark rum or whisky
- Half a lemon, juiced, plus a slice
- Brew two bags in 200ml for five minutes, covered.
- Stir in the honey and the lemon juice while it is still hot.
- Add the rum or whisky last, off the heat, so the spirit is not driven off.
- Garnish with a lemon slice studded with a clove.
What you'll end up with: A toddy with a proper ginger base under it rather than just hot water and spirit.
Ginger Beer Spritz Mocktail
Ginger doubled up, with no alcohol and no caffeine in it at all.
- 3 lemon and ginger tea bags
- 300ml water at 100 degrees
- Juice of half a lime
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 100ml chilled ginger beer
- Brew three bags in 300ml for eight minutes, covered, then cool.
- Dissolve the sugar in a splash of the warm infusion before chilling.
- Pour over a tall glass of ice with the lime juice.
- Top with chilled ginger beer and garnish with a lime wheel.
What you'll end up with: A long, sharp, doubled-ginger cooler that everybody at the table can drink, including the driver and the children.
Frozen Lemon Ginger Lollies
Three tea bags and a lolly mould, and nothing in them that will keep a child awake.
- 3 lemon and ginger tea bags
- 250ml water at 100 degrees
- 2 tablespoons clear honey
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Brew three bags in 250ml for eight minutes, covered, deliberately strong.
- Stir in the honey and the lemon juice while warm, then take the bags out.
- Cool completely before it goes near the moulds.
- Pour into six lolly moulds, push in the sticks and freeze.
What you'll end up with: Sharp, faintly warming lollies. The ginger comes through subtly once frozen, so older children who like a bit of spice take to them more readily than small ones.
Moscow Mule (Adult Cocktail)
The infusion stands in for the sugar syrup, so the drink is drier than the usual build.
- 2 lemon and ginger tea bags
- 200ml water at 100 degrees
- 50ml vodka
- Juice of half a lime
- 100ml cold ginger beer
- Brew two bags in 200ml for six minutes, then cool completely.
- Fill a copper mug with ice and add the vodka and lime juice.
- Pour in 60ml of the cooled infusion.
- Top with cold ginger beer and garnish with lime and mint.
What you'll end up with: A drier, more aromatic mule than the standard build gives.
Ginger Poaching Syrup For Pears
Four tea bags stand in for a whole root of ginger and a lemon, with no chopping.
- 4 lemon and ginger tea bags
- 600ml water at 100 degrees
- 120g caster sugar
- •4 firm pears, peeled
- •1 cinnamon stick
- Brew four bags in 600ml for ten minutes, very strong, then remove them.
- Dissolve the sugar in the hot infusion with the cinnamon stick.
- Poach the pears gently for twenty to twenty-five minutes until tender.
- Reduce the liquid by half over a higher heat and pour it back over the fruit.
What you'll end up with: Pears in a warm, citrus-sharp ginger syrup. Good hot with cream in winter or cold with yoghurt the next morning.
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 dry building warmth that arrives late in the mouthful and stays after the cup is down. It is the slowest component in the bag to give itself up, which is why the steep time matters here. |
| Lemon | Not stated to us | The bright citrus top note that sits on the ginger rather than mixing through it. Whether it arrives as peel, as flavouring or as both is declared on the carton. |
| Dose per bag | 1.5g | 120g across 80 bags. A lighter fill than a peppermint or a rooibos carries, which is why two bags in a mug is the honest route to real ginger heat. |
| Caffeine | 0mg | Naturally caffeine free, because there is no tea leaf in the bag to carry any. Not the same as a decaffeinated black tea, which always keeps a trace. |
| Bag material and carton | Not stated to us | Bag material and recycling instructions are stated on the carton and may not share a disposal route. We have not assumed either. |
Ingredients and allergens. The published ingredient list for this barcode names none of the 14 major allergens. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this barcode: ginger root (37%), natural lemon flavouring, natural flavourings (25%), lemongrass, blackberry leaves, lemon peel (9%), sweet fennel, natural ginger flavouring, natural flavourings (3.5%).
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
Pack: Twinings Lemon & Ginger, 80 Tea Bags 120g; GTIN 00070177270322; 80 tea bags in a 120g carton, 1.5g of dried botanicals each, 80 mugs per box. Naturally caffeine free. Best before the date printed on the carton.
Characterising components shown; any unquantified botanical base makes up the remaining body. Ingredient percentages, the full declaration, nutrition figures, origins, certification marks, bag materials and the complete allergen statement belong to the current UK pack and we do not restate them here, having not read it. The 80-mug yield and the 1.5g dose per bag are arithmetic on the pack count and weight, not pack claims. No health claim of any kind is made for this product anywhere in this listing.
Sourcing & blend. Twinings Lemon & Ginger, 80 Tea Bags 120g is put together by Twinings, the family tea house trading from London since 1706, whose herbal range is a much later addition to a business built on black tea. Lemon and ginger is the pairing every tea house in the country has a version of, and this is the Twinings one at household box size. The carton you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import.
What is in Twinings Lemon & Ginger, 80 Tea Bags 120g, and what is not:
- In: a caffeine-free infusion of ginger and lemon, with nothing in the bag but the listed components and any infusion base.
- No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: the sweetness in a well brewed cup is natural to the botanicals and is more noticeable at five minutes than at two.
- No tea leaf and no caffeine: this is a herbal infusion rather than a tea, which is why it can be drunk at any hour without reservation.
- No health claim: we describe a warming, caffeine-free drink with a long tradition behind it, and nothing more.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Twinings Lemon & Ginger, 80 Tea Bags 120g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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