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    "title": "Fennel Gin Spritz (Tropical Sun, Adult Cocktail)",
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    "excerpt": "A gin spritz lengthened with chilled fennel tea and soda; the aniseed echoes the gin's own botanicals.",
    "content_text": "Fennel and gin belong together: the sweet aniseed picks up on the botanicals already in the bottle, so a splash of chilled Tropical Sun Fennel makes a gin spritz taste herbal and whole rather than sharp. Build it long over ice with soda, with a single measure of gin per glass.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Fennel Gin Spritz (Tropical Sun, Adult Cocktail) recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/cocktails/fennel-gin-spritz-tropical-sun-adult-cocktail/",
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            "prep": "10 min plus chilling",
            "serves": "Makes 2 long drinks",
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                "2 tea bags of Tropical Sun Fennel",
                "200ml freshly boiled water (100C)",
                "1 teaspoon honey, to balance",
                "50ml gin (25ml per glass)",
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                "Leave the fennel tea to cool, then chill it well.",
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                "Top each glass with chilled soda water and stir once.",
                "Finish with lemon slices and serve straight away. One glass each.",
                "Use a London Dry gin rather than a flavoured gin; the juniper keeps the aniseed in balance rather than competing with it."
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