Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Morgan Eckroth
Prep Time

5 minutes

Build Time

3 minutes

Category

Mocktail

In the spring of 2025, I put together a line of tea-based drinks with Dona and this is my favorite of that bunch. It’s floral, sparkling, and truly feels like it’s made to be sipped while wandering a botanical garden. Hence the name. A little on the nose, I know.
Botanical Gardens

What You'll Need

    • Tea kettle or saucepan
    • Tea steeper
    • Small fine mesh strainer
    • Storage bottle
    • Cocktail muddler
    • Cocktail shaker
    • Cocktail skewer

    • 10g Flirt tea (from Dona)
    • 250g hot water just off a boil
    • 250g sugar

    • 3 mandarin orange slices
    • 3/4oz Flirt tea syrup
    • 1/2oz fresh lemon juice
    • 1.5oz NA Dhos gin
    • 2oz soda water
    • Mandarin slice for garnish

    Build

      1. Combine the tea and hot water and allow it to steep for five minutes.
      2. Strain out the tea leaves.
      3. Add the sugar to the tea concentrate and stir until it begins to dissolve, approximately 30 seconds.
      4. Leave the syrup to cool, during this time the rest of the sugar will dissolve.
      5. Once cool, bottle and store in the fridge for up to two weeks.

      1. Muddle the mandarin slices and syrup in a shaker until the slices have broken apart and released their juice.
      2. Add the lemon juice and NA gin.
      3. Shake with ice until the tins have frosted and then double strain into a glass full of ice.
      4. Top with the soda water and a speared mandarin slice.