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    "title": "The Standard Lemon and Ginger Cup",
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    "excerpt": "A properly gingery lemon and ginger cup brewed right, lifted with fresh ginger and honey. Caffeine-free and comforting.",
    "content_text": "A good lemon and ginger cup is bright, warming and properly gingery, not the weak, faintly lemony water most bags give you. A full boil and a long covered steep pull the heat out of the ginger, and a slice of fresh ginger with a spoon of honey turn it into a really comforting mug.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the The Standard Lemon and Ginger Cup recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/cocktails/the-standard-lemon-and-ginger-cup/It uses Teapigs Lemon and Ginger, a pure caffeine-free infusion. One mug, a few minutes, good whenever you fancy it.",
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            "prep": "7 min",
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            "ingredients": [
                "1 Teapigs Lemon and Ginger tea temple",
                "250ml water at a full rolling boil",
                "1 thin slice of fresh ginger, optional, for extra heat",
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                "Steep 5 to 6 minutes, longer than black tea. It will not turn bitter, and the longer steep is what makes it properly gingery rather than thin.",
                "Lift the bag out with a gentle press, and remove the ginger slice.",
                "Stir in the honey while it is hot so it dissolves, then add a slice or a squeeze of fresh lemon to sharpen it."
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