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Swap your warm cuppa for something refreshing this summer. Using our Smugglers Brew, Fusions and Loose Leaf teas we've got some recipes your sure to love.  Smugglers Brew Iced Tea Using your Smugglers Brew teabags lets make a refreshing drink and mix it up.    1. Add 6 teabags to a jug and top with 1.5 litres of boiling water. We would recommend adding 2 tablespoons of sugar and a squeeze of honey to take out the bitterness.  2. Add to the fridge and leave to completely chill.  3. To a glass fill with ice and lemon or orange slices and pour...

The sun is shining, and you're enjoying the heart, but you still want your coffee fix. Fear not we've put together some of our favourite recipes to help you stay caffeinated and cool.  Classic Iced Latte Like your regular coffee but iced, the most popular of the iced coffee family, plus you can even sweeten it and make it a little bit naughty!  1. Fill a glass with ice and top 3/4 with milk of your choice, we like an oat milk.  2. Add sugar or coffee syrup to taste, if you prefer a more bitter drink then skip this step. ...

Now there's always a little bit of controversy over the Cream Tea, but as voices of Cornwall we're here to set it straight and make sure you celebrate National Cream Tea day (24th June) the Cornish way... proper job! So make yourself a Smugglers Brew and let's get cracking. First, you've got to start with a nice fluffy scone, if we had to pick our favourite it would be from our friends around the corner at Original Looe Bakery. Then, now it's VERY IMPORTANT you don't get this wrong it's time for jam! Jam first is essential, we don't want...

Did you know that brewing a plastic tea bag at 95 C releases around 11.6 billion microplastics, which are tiny pieces of plastic, which can be between 100 nanometres and 5 millimetres in size, into a single cup? That's not something we wanted to serve with any cup of Cornish Tea, which is why, when we started packaging our Organic Fusion Teas in tea bags, we opted for a plant-based tea bag fabric. These clever little ‘Fusion Bags’ are a brand new, innovative bio-mass bag made from 100% biodegradable corn-starch. Not only will they biodegrade in your compost bin within...