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    "excerpt": "A hot toddy built on strong ginger tea with manuka honey and a measure of aged dark rum, plus a ginger-beer alcohol-free version.",
    "content_text": "A hot toddy built on ginger tea instead of plain hot water, which gives it far more backbone. Brew Teapigs Ginger and Manuka Honey good and strong, stir a little extra honey through it while it is hot, and add a measure of aged dark rum; the rum and the warming ginger are a natural match.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Ginger Hot Toddy recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/cocktails/ginger-hot-toddy/It makes a proper winter nightcap, or a sociable round for a cold afternoon. For anyone not drinking, leave out the rum and top the same honeyed ginger tea with a splash of ginger beer and a slice of lemon, and it stands up just as well.",
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            "prep": "20 min",
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                "4 Teapigs Ginger and Manuka Honey tea temples",
                "900ml freshly drawn water, brought to a true rolling boil",
                "4 tsp Manuka honey, warmed in a small jug",
                "80ml aged dark rum (about 20ml per cup)",
                "200ml chilled ginger beer, for the alcohol-free version (about 20ml per cup)",
                "1 fresh lemon, sliced, for the alcohol-free version",
                "2 tbsp crystallised ginger, to serve",
                "1 warmed teapot and 4 teacups"
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                "Warm a teapot and four cups with hot water, then tip it out.",
                "Drop the 4 ginger temples into the pot, pour over 900ml of rolling-boiling water, cover, and steep for six minutes for a strong, full-bodied brew. Lift the temples out without pressing.",
                "Warm the manuka honey gently in a small jug set over hot water until it loosens.",
                "Pour about 200ml of the hot ginger tea into each cup and stir a little warmed honey into each.",
                "Add 20ml of aged dark rum to each cup and stir once.",
                "For an alcohol-free toddy, leave out the rum and top the cup with 20ml of cold ginger beer and a slice of lemon instead.",
                "Serve hot, with crystallised ginger and a plain shortbread on the side."
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