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    "excerpt": "A winter G and T, spiced with chilled Twinings Gingerbread Green Tea, tonic and lemon.",
    "content_text": "For a cold-weather gin and tonic, drop in a chilled shot of Twinings Gingerbread Green Tea. The cinnamon-and-ginger spice winds through the juniper while the lemon keeps it from turning sweet, so you end up with a G and T that drinks like winter. Add a cinnamon stick to stir and you are set.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Gingerbread Green Tea Gin and Tonic recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/cocktails/gingerbread-green-tea-gin-and-tonic/",
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            "prep": "10 min plus chilling",
            "serves": "Makes 2 glasses",
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            "ingredients": [
                "2 tea bags of Twinings Gingerbread Green Tea",
                "150ml freshly boiled water, cooled for about a minute (around 80C)",
                "50ml gin",
                "200ml chilled tonic water",
                "1 lemon, half juiced and half sliced",
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                "Plenty of ice"
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                "Fill two glasses with ice and divide the chilled tea and gin between them.",
                "Top with chilled tonic water and add the lemon juice.",
                "Stir gently, finish with lemon slices and a cinnamon stick, and serve straight away.",
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