Beverages

Tea-based “dark and stormy

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05 November 2025
Easy

Learn how to make a tea-based Dark and Stormy cocktail. Easy recipe using black tea, ginger beer, and lime. Perfect non-alcoholic twist on the classic drink.

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Ingredients

Method
  • 1⁄3 cup water
  • 1 t maple syrup (or 1 t brown sugar)
  • a teabag (Earl Grey works well!)
  • 2 slices fresh lime
  • 1 x 200 ml can good-quality ginger ale- or half sparkling water
  • fresh mint

1. Pour 1⁄3 cup water over a teabag (Earl Grey works well!). Add 1 t maple syrup (or 1 t brown sugar) and allow to steep – you want it to be nice and potent. Chill.

2. In a tumbler or Collins glass with ice, combine the tea with 2 slices fresh lime and a generous squeeze of lime juice, 1 x 200 ml can good-quality ginger ale – or half sparkling water, half ginger ale for a less sweet drink. Garnish with fresh mint and a twist of lime.

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Photographer: Jan Ras

Production: Abigail Donnelly

Food assistants: Bianca jones and Ellen Schwerdtfeger

 

Jeanne Calitz

Recipe by: Jeanne Calitz

Jeanne Calitz is a freelance lifestyle writer based in Kommetjie, Cape Town. She's a voracious reader and a fan of hyper-seasonal cooking and well-made cocktails (spicy palomas forever!) When not writing, you'll find her busy in the garden or walking the family's two Schnauzers, awestruck by the fact that she gets to live near the ocean.

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