Chilled fennel tea makes a surprising spritz: the sweet aniseed reads like a soft, alcohol-free pastis. Brew Tropical Sun Fennel, chill it well, then build it over ice with lemon and soda. Faintly liquorice-sweet, lifted by the lemon, and not a drop of alcohol.
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You'll need
- 3 tea bags of Tropical Sun Fennel
- 300ml freshly boiled water (100C)
- 1 tablespoon honey, or to taste
- 200ml chilled soda water
- 1 lemon, half juiced and half sliced
- Plenty of ice
Method
- Steep the 3 fennel bags in the boiled water for 5 minutes, then lift them out.
- Stir in the honey while warm, then leave to cool and chill well.
- Fill two tall glasses with ice and divide the chilled fennel tea between them.
- Add the lemon juice, top each with chilled soda water and stir gently.
- Finish with lemon slices and serve straight away.
- Fennel is naturally sweet enough that this spritz often needs no honey at all; taste before adding any sweetener.
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Brewed with: Tropical Sun Fennel, 20 Tea Bags 30g
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