Lady Grey tea and tonic
Makes: 2
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Ant Duncan
Lady Grey tea and tonic
This tasty mocktail is the perfect ‘tonic’ if you’re doing Dry January this month
Makes: 2
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Senior Food Producer. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Senior Food Producer. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Ingredients
- 25g caster sugar
- 75ml water
- 4 Lady Grey tea bags
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 300ml chilled tonic water
- lemon slices, to garnish
Step by step
- Put the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat, add the Lady Grey tea bags, and then leave to cool and infuse for 10 minutes. Strain, squeezing the tea bags, and chill. Fill 2 glasses with ice. Stir together the Lady Grey syrup, lemon juice and orange juice, then divide between the 2 glasses. Top up with the tonic water and gently stir to combine. Garnish with lemon slices to serve.
