After the excesses of the festive season many of us start the new year with healthy intentions.
If your first challenge of 2026 is embracing Dry January, you may be looking for ways to stay motivated. We’re here to help with a fun new twist on a soft drink that will keep your spirits up (while you’re actively avoiding spirits!)
And if you’re year-round sober, you’re sure to want to add this mocktail to your repertoire, especially when you’re entertaining.
Our base is Organic Jasmine Green Tea, featuring the finest blend of Ceylon and Chinese green teas teamed with delicate jasmine and elderflowers to create a delightfully light, floral infusion.
The recipe may be booze-free but you can still enjoy that satisfying sound of rattling ice inside a cocktail shaker!
Jasmine Green Tea Mocktail
Ingredients:
‣ 1 Jasmine Green Tea bag
‣ Half a cup of hot water (for brewing)
‣ 3 tbsps sugar
‣ 3 tbsps lemon juice
‣ 1 cup of ice
‣ 4 tbsps fizzy lemonade (e.g. Sprite)
‣ Lime for garnish
Method:
‣ Brew the Jasmine Green Tea bag in about half a cup of hot water for about two minutes, then dispose of the bag.
‣ Put the ice and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker along with one tbsp of the sugar, the lemonade and your freshly brewed tea.
‣ Vigorously shake until all the ingredients are fully combined.
‣ Rub a slice of fresh lime around the rim of the glass then press the rim into the remaining sugar.
‣ To serve, pour the mocktail into your rimmed glass and garnish with a slice of lime.
‣ Enjoy!
Cold Brews – the natural soft drink
For an every-day lift, take a look at our cold brews – tea based soft drinks with fruity flavours which can be brewed in a regular glass of water and enjoyed over ice, without the need to boil a kettle. With no added sugar, they offer healthy, naturally delicious, feel-good refreshment.
Choose English Tea Shop’s Super Berries Cold Brew to start your year with an antioxidant-rich lift. This fruit and floral blend combines organic hibiscus, rooibos, spearmint, sweet blackberry leaves and natural berry flavours.
Lemongrass, Ginger & Citrus Cold Brew alternatively offers a zingy, invigorating drink in which the lead ingredients are teamed with orange, lime oil and mandarin oil.
Or why not mix it up with our Cold Brew Selection? This features the above blends along with Lemon Black Tea, a zesty option which looks ahead to summer days.
The collection is available in a 12 pyramid or a 20 sachet pack. It also makes a thoughtful gift if you’re visiting or entertaining friends tackling Dry January.
Gin Botanicals (without the gin!)
Our Gin Botanicals, selected to create a pleasant pairing with the tipple, may seem an unlikely aid to sobriety but the good news is they can also be enjoyed as flavoursome booze-free cold brews.
Try Green Tea, Apple and Jasmine, crafted with organic hibiscus green tea. Spice up your January with Orange, Ginger & Cinnamon. Or enjoy fruit-forward sipping with Apple, Rosehip & Cranberry.
There is also an enticing Gin Botanicals Gift Pack with six fruity and spicy infusions across 12 tea pyramids – a perfect gift-to-self to help you through Dry January… then reward yourself beyond.
Our Organic Jasmine Green Tea, Cold Brews and Gin Botanicals are available to buy via online retailers such as Amazon, from independent health food stores and supermarkets and online at the ETS Teas Store.