# Twinings Superblends Digest Ginger & Turmeric with Fig, 20 Tea Bags 40g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £5.20 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/twinings-superblends-digest-ginger-and-turmeric-with-fig-20-tea-bags-40g/` _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/twinings-superblends-digest-ginger-and-turmeric-with-fig-20-tea-bags-40g/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Twinings **Price:** £5.20 GBP **Servings:** 20 cups **Price per cup:** 26.00p **Caffeine:** Caffeine-Free **Brew temperature:** 100C **Brew time:** 5-10 min **GTIN:** 070177229948 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Twinings Superblends Digest Ginger & Turmeric with Fig is a twenty-bag box of a warming root infusion with a sweet fruit base, 40g across 20 bags, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the ginger and turmeric blend built on fig rather than citrus.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. The fig is the point: it does the job a spoon of honey does in a plain root infusion, so the cup arrives sweet without anything added. Digest is the brand's name for the range and not a claim we make. And give it five minutes covered, because the fruit sweetens it long before the roots have finished.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 are in the Q and A tab. ## Description Twinings Superblends Digest Ginger & Turmeric with Fig is a twenty-bag box, forty grams across twenty bags, which is a full two grams in each one. Ginger and turmeric do the work, fig sits underneath them, and there is no tea leaf in the box, so there is no caffeine in the cup. Digest is the name Twinings gives this part of its Superblends range. What we will say is that it is a warming root infusion with a sweet fruit base, and that it is a pleasant thing to drink after a large meal because warming root infusions generally are. The Taste Profile Ginger Warmth: ●●●●○ (4/5) The lead. A building warmth at the back of the throat rather than a flavour you could name, and it grows across the steep instead of arriving at once. Turmeric Earth: ●●●○○ (3/5) Earthy and faintly peppery underneath the ginger, and the source of the deep gold colour. It gives the cup body rather than brightness. Fig Sweetness: ●●●●○ (4/5) The component that makes this different from every other ginger and turmeric box. A real jammy sweetness underneath, and the reason the blend does not need honey the way a plain root infusion does. Clean Finish: ●●●●○ (4/5) No tannin anywhere, so nothing dries or grips. The warmth outlasts the sweetness by a clear beat, which is the signature of the blend. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Twinings Twinings is the family tea house trading from London since 1706, and Superblends is the range it built for the wellness shelf, where the front of the box talks about what a blend is for rather than what is in it. We take the plainer view. What is in the box is ginger, turmeric and fig, and what it is for is drinking after dinner if you feel like it. 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 Twenty bags, forty grams: a full two grams a bag, which is a proper dose for a root blend. Fig, and it matters: most ginger and turmeric blends reach for citrus or for honey. This one uses a sweet dried fruit instead, which changes the whole shape of the cup. No caffeine at all: there is no tea leaf in the blend, so nothing has been decaffeinated and there is no residual figure to quote. It can be the last drink of the day. Sweet enough as it is: the fig does the job a spoon of honey does in a plain root infusion, so taste it before you reach for anything. What it is not: not a medicine, not a remedy and not a supplement. Digest is a brand's word for a box of roots and fruit. How Does Twinings Superblends Digest Compare to: Twinings Digest, 20 Tea Bags 35g: the same house and the same range name in a slightly lighter box. The pack weights differ, so these are not simply the same product twice, but they are close relatives. If you have one already, read both ingredient panels before buying the other. Pukka Organic Three Ginger, 20 Tea Bags 36g: ginger taken seriously and nothing sweet anywhere near it, with organic certification on the front. Hotter, drier and more austere. The one to pick if the fig here reads as too soft. Loyd Digestion Support, 20 Tea Bags 40g: the same shelf position and the same bag count from a different house. A useful reminder that the words on the front of a wellness box tell you nothing about what is in it, and the panel on the back tells you everything. Ideal Brewing Conditions Root is slow and fruit is not, which makes this blend easier to get right than a pure root infusion. The fig sweetens the cup within two or three minutes, so it tastes drinkable long before it is finished, and that is exactly the trap. The ginger is still arriving at five minutes and the turmeric behind it. The After-Dinner Mug Measure: one bag per 200 to 250ml. At two grams a bag there is no case for doubling up unless you are making a pot. Water: freshly boiled at 100 degrees Celsius. Dried root needs full heat and there is no delicate leaf in here to scorch. Steep: five minutes, covered. Longer does no harm at all and the warmth keeps building. Finish: drink it clear. It does not need sweetening, and milk is optional here in a way it is not in a citrus blend, since there is no acid in the cup to curdle it. Getting It Right in the Cup Water temperature: 100°C, straight off the boil. Measure: one bag per 200 to 250ml, three bags in a 500ml pot. Steep: five minutes covered. Under-steeping is the only real mistake, and the fig makes it an easy one because the cup tastes fine at three. Sweetening: taste first. The fig usually makes honey unnecessary. Milk: optional and rather good. No citrus means no curdling, and a splash turns it into a fig-sweetened golden latte. Storage: sealed, cool and dark. The root holds well beyond a year; the fruit note flattens first, so an old box tastes drier rather than weaker. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine note: naturally caffeine free. There is no tea leaf in the blend, so there was nothing to decaffeinate and no residual figure to quote. On the name: Digest is the brand's name for this part of its Superblends range. Root and staining notes: a strong root infusion is warming, and some people find it uncomfortable on an empty stomach or alongside reflux. Anyone pregnant, breastfeeding or taking medication who is unsure about ginger or turmeric should take proper advice rather than ours. Turmeric is also a dye and will mark a pale mug or worktop if a wet bag is left lying on it. ## Product Questions What does Digest mean on the box?It is the brand's name for this part of its Superblends range and nothing more. What we will say is that it is a warming root infusion and that people often want one of those after a large meal. 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 and there is no residual figure to quote, which is why it works as the last drink of the day. What does the fig actually do?It sweetens the cup, and that is the whole reason to pick this box over another ginger and turmeric. Most blends in the category reach for citrus or expect you to add honey. The fig gives a real jammy sweetness from inside the bag, so the cup arrives finished. How long should I steep it?Five minutes, covered, and longer does no harm. The fig is a trap here: it sweetens the water within two or three minutes so the cup tastes drinkable early, while the ginger is still arriving at five and the turmeric behind it. Does it need honey?Usually not, and that sets it apart from a plain root infusion. Taste it first. If you do want it sweeter, a very little honey suits it, but most people find the fig has already done the job. Can I add milk?Yes, and it is worth trying. There is no citrus in this blend, so there is no acid to curdle dairy. A splash of oat or whole milk into a five-minute brew gives you a golden latte that is already sweetened by the fruit. 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. The fig takes the edge off it, so this is a gentler cup than a dedicated ginger infusion. Does it work iced?Well. Three bags in 400ml for eight minutes, cooled, poured over a full glass of ice. The fruit sweetness reads more clearly cold and the ginger warmth against cold liquid is a better combination than it sounds. No sugar needed. Will it stain things?Turmeric is a dye as well as a spice, so it will mark a pale mug or a light worktop if a wet bag is left on it. Rinse rather than soak and it is no trouble. It is much less likely to mark teeth than black tea or coffee is. How should I store it?Sealed, cool, dark and away from strong smells. Root holds its heat well beyond a year while the fruit note flattens first, so an old box tastes drier rather than weaker, and you may find yourself wanting honey in it that you did not need before. Is this the same as the older Twinings Digest box?Not identical, because the pack weights differ, but they are close relatives from the same house carrying the same range name. If you already have one on the shelf, compare the two ingredient panels before buying the other, and we would rather say so than sell you something you already own. ## Ingredients & Nutrition IngredientProportionWhat it bringsGingerNot stated to usThe lead, and the reason the bag needs five minutes. A building warmth at the back of the throat rather than a flavour note, growing right through the steep.TurmericNot stated to usEarthy and faintly peppery underneath the ginger, and the source of the deep gold colour. It gives the cup body rather than brightness.FigNot stated to usThe component that separates this from every other ginger and turmeric box. A real jammy sweetness from inside the bag, which is why the cup does not need honey. Whether it is present as fruit or as a declared flavouring is printed on the current pack.Pack: Twinings Superblends Digest Ginger & Turmeric with Fig, 20 tea bags, 40g. Forty grams across twenty bags is a full two grams a bag. Naturally caffeine-free. The best-before date is printed on the carton.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. Twinings Superblends Digest is put together by Twinings, the family tea house trading from London since 1706. Superblends is the range Twinings built for the wellness shelf, where the front of the box talks about what a blend is for rather than what is in it. We take the plainer view: what is in the box is ginger, turmeric and fig. The tasting profile on this page is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.What's in Twinings Superblends Digest, and what isn't:In: a naturally caffeine-free infusion led by ginger, with turmeric underneath it and fig sweetening the base, at two grams a bag.No caffeine: there is no tea leaf in the carton, so there was none to remove and nothing has been decaffeinated.No added sugar needed: the sweetness is the fruit's own work. Taste before reaching for honey, because most people find they do not want any.No health claim: Digest is a range name. We make none, and we describe the blend only as a warming root infusion with a sweet fruit base. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Twinings Superblends Digest Ginger & Turmeric with Fig 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 with a root and dried fruit blend there is less of it than a leaf tea would give you. Dried root holds its volatiles in dense fibrous tissue rather than on the surface of a leaf, and dried fruit holds its sugars in the flesh, so the steam off a freshly poured mug reads warm and faintly jammy rather than sharp. This is the first sign that the blend is going to behave slowly: a leaf tea announces itself in thirty seconds, and this one barely announces itself at all.The flavour spike arrives in two stages and the order is what makes this blend easy to get wrong. The fig goes first, because dried fruit gives up its sugars quickly into hot water, so by two or three minutes the cup is already sweet and tastes finished. It is not. The ginger is still working its way out of the root at that point and the turmeric behind it, and both keep arriving until five minutes and beyond. A short steep therefore gives you a thin fruit drink, and a full one gives you a warm root infusion with a sweet base under it.The base structure is the lingering finish, and here the warmth outlasts the sweetness by a clear beat. There is no tannin anywhere in the cup, so nothing dries the mouth and nothing grips; the fig fades out first and the glow at the back of the throat stays behind it. That order matters, because a blend that finished on fruit would read as a squash, and this one finishes as a root infusion that happened to be sweet.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 available with this blend, and the fig makes it an unusually easy mistake because the cup tastes perfectly pleasant at three minutes and is nothing like finished. Unlike a citrus blend, milk is welcome here: there is no acid to curdle it, and a splash gives you a golden latte that is already sweetened from inside the bag. Cold brewed in the fridge for eight hours the balance flips entirely, since the fruit sugars dissolve in cold water and the root barely extracts, giving something closer to a soft fruit cordial. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the root holds well beyond a year while the fruit note flattens first, so an old box tastes drier 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 both roots for a fuller and distinctly spicier result in which the fig becomes a base note rather than the headline; cooler water or a short steep leaves the roots behind and gives a sweet, pale, faintly earthy drink that people often mistake for a weak bag. Hard tap water flattens the fruit noticeably and pushes the earthiness forward, so in a hard water area a slightly longer steep restores the balance, while soft water lets the jammy note read clearer. None of this is a fault in the blend; it is the same bag responding to the cup you build around it. ## Recipe Ideas Twinings Superblends Digest arrives sweet from inside the bag, which makes it the easiest root blend on our shelf to build on: nothing needs adding before you start. Six builds below cover the after-dinner mug, a fig golden latte, a strong pot, an iced glass, a syrup for the fridge and a poaching liquor for fruit. Recipes, born here first The After-Dinner Mug How to make The After-Dinner Mug with Twinings Superblends Digest. 5 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Twinings Superblends Digest 250ml water straight off the boil Method Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag. Cover the mug with a saucer and leave it the full five minutes. Ignore how it tastes at three minutes. The fig has already sweetened the water and the roots have barely started. Lift the bag out and drink it clear, without adding anything. What you'll end up with: A warm root infusion with a sweet base rather than the thin fruit drink a short steep gives you. No honey required, which is the whole point of the fig. Fig Golden Latte How to make Fig Golden Latte with Twinings Superblends Digest. 6 min 1 large mug Easy You'll need 1 bag Twinings Superblends Digest 150ml water straight off the boil 100ml oat or whole milk A pinch of ground cinnamon Method Brew one bag in only 150ml for five minutes, covered, so the base comes out concentrated. Heat 100ml of milk until it steams and froth it if you can. Lift the bag out, pour the milk in and dust the top with cinnamon. What you'll end up with: A golden latte that is already sweetened from inside the bag, with no citrus in the blend to curdle the milk and no sugar needed at all. The Strong Pot How to make The Strong Pot with Twinings Superblends Digest. 8 min 500ml pot Easy You'll need 3 bags Twinings Superblends Digest 500ml water straight off the boil Method Steep three bags in 500ml for eight minutes with the lid on. Lift all three bags out before the first pour. Leave the pot on the side. With no tannin in it, it will not turn bitter for an hour. Use what is left as the base for the iced build or the syrup. What you'll end up with: A pot for a long evening, and the working base for everything else below. Black tea cannot sit like this without going stewed. Iced Fig and Ginger How to make Iced Fig and Ginger with Twinings Superblends Digest. 8 min + chill 1 tall glass Easy You'll need 3 bags Twinings Superblends Digest 400ml just boiled water A tall glass filled with ice A wedge of lime Method Steep three bags in 400ml for eight minutes, then lift them out. Cool the infusion completely before it goes near ice. Fill a glass with ice, pour the infusion over and squeeze in a wedge of lime. Stir once and drink while the ice is still whole. What you'll end up with: The fruit sweetness reads more clearly cold, so this needs no sugar at all, and warming ginger against cold liquid works far better than it sounds. Fig and Root Syrup How to make Fig and Root Syrup with Twinings Superblends Digest. 15 min About 200ml Medium You'll need 4 bags Twinings Superblends Digest 250ml just boiled water 120g caster sugar Method Steep four bags in 250ml for ten minutes, covered, then lift them out and squeeze them against the side of the jug. Warm the infusion in a small pan with the sugar until every grain has dissolved. Less sugar than usual, because the fig has already contributed. Simmer three or four minutes until it thickens slightly. Cool and bottle. It keeps in the fridge for a fortnight. What you'll end up with: A dark amber syrup that goes over yoghurt and ice cream as readily as it goes into soda water, and it takes less sugar than a plain ginger syrup does. Figs and Pears Poached in the Liquor How to make Figs and Pears Poached in the Liquor with Twinings Superblends Digest. 30 min 4 servings Medium You'll need 4 bags Twinings Superblends Digest 600ml just boiled water 3 firm pears and 4 fresh figs 80g caster sugar Method Steep four bags in 600ml for ten minutes to make a strong liquor, then lift the bags out. Dissolve the sugar into the hot liquor in a wide pan. Poach the peeled pears at a bare simmer for twenty minutes, then add the halved figs for the last five. Reduce the remaining liquor by half and spoon it over. What you'll end up with: Fruit poached in an infusion that already tastes of fig, which is the neatest trick in this box and needs no spices adding to the pan. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._