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    "excerpt": "Pears gently poached in spiced rooibos tea with cinnamon, an elegant, caffeine-free pudding served warm or chilled.",
    "content_text": "Poaching pears in tea is an old trick that turns a few firm pears into a quietly elegant pudding. Rooibos is ideal for it: naturally sweet and woody, with no caffeine or bitterness to turn the syrup harsh, and a cinnamon stick alongside makes it warmly spiced. The pears take on a soft amber colour and a gentle fruitiness as they simmer. Serve them warm with cream, or chilled on their own.\n\nSource: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Rooibos Poached Pears recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/rooibos/rooibos-poached-pears-3/",
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                "3 tea bags of Tropical Sun Rooibos and Strawberry",
                "500ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil",
                "4 small ripe Conference pears, peeled, cored from the bottom, stems intact",
                "70g caster sugar",
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                "Stand the peeled pears upright in the syrup, put the lid on, and simmer gently for twenty-five minutes, turning them once halfway.",
                "Take off the heat and let the pears cool in the syrup for ten minutes.",
                "Lift the pears into dishes, then reduce the syrup over a higher heat for about five minutes until slightly thickened.",
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