Whittard – Lemon and Ginger
Earlier this month, I promised you more reviews of me drinking herbal ‘teas’ while feeling poorly and complaining about them. Well, you’re all in luck because I am about to make good on that promise. I got Covid. Again! I didn’t enjoy it much the first time, so I don’t know why my body thought it’d be a good idea to catch it again.
I decided to try some Whittard Lemon and Ginger in the hopes that it might help me feel vaguely human (and help me get on with some actual paid work which was well past its deadline). I thought lemon and ginger would be the way to go because it reminded me of all the times I was ill, and my mum would make me hot lemon squash with honey in it.
I don’t have honey now for vegan reasons, but I seem to recall that it has all kinds of restorative properties. Didn’t Barbara Cartland write a whole book on the healing powers of honey? I’m sure I used to own it. (Note to younger readers, never ever throw any books away. Seriously, I have a billion books but not a single week goes by that I don’t want to refer to a book I used to own but have given to a charity shop in a house move. Even if – as in this case – it’s just to check that it did exist and it wasn’t part of some Covid-inspired fever dream.)
(Edit: It does exist! It’s called The Magic of Honey, and it was published in 1976.)
So, what, you may be wondering, does Whittard Lemon and Ginger taste like? Well, I’m pretty sure my sense of taste and smell were somewhat inhibited by Covid at the time, which makes this tea review even more pointless than usual, but from what I could make out, Whittard Lemon and Ginger tastes like warm water served in a cup which has been washed in lemon fairy liquid that hasn’t been rinsed out properly.
I’m being deeply unfair here to Whittard, a teamonger whose work I like and admire when they turn their hand to making proper tea with actual tea in it. This drink didn’t actually taste of washing-up liquid. It tastes like lemon washing-up liquid smells. Like shampoo, you’ll have noticed that washing-up liquid rarely tastes the way it smells.
And on balance, I think that’s very fair of me to acknowledge that, given I felt absolutely rubbish at the time of drinking it.
Today’s book pairing is The Ladybird Book of the Sickie. For obvious reasons.
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If you’re looking for a sweetener that’s similar to honey but vegan friendly agave syrup is really nice. Might not be as medicinal as honey, but works the same way in herbal and fruit teas. 😊 I’m not vegan myself, but I like experimenting with food/drinks! 😁
Ah cool, thank you. I have meaning to try other sweeteners like agave and monkfruit but I haven’t gotten round to it because sugar is also vegan and very cheap. Especially if you just nick sachets of it from Premier Inns.