Kew Gardens - teas, tonics and cocktails

Drinks keep us alive, they refresh, invigorate or soothe us, says the preface to this volume. To their tradition as well as to the history and discovery of the mostly vegetable ingredients, then, its editors devote themselves, in the form of a whole collection of magnificently illustrated, exciting recipes. In entertaining essays, they shed light on the background of the British people's affection for their tea or - currently on everyone's lips again - for gin. But whether for herbal tea, lemonade or smoothies; cocktails, cider, beer or fruit wine; punch or spirits ... All the recipes collected here have in common that the fruits and herbs used thrive in the greenhouses of the famous Kew Gardens. The Royal Botanic Gardens in southwest London has been home to many plants from all parts of the world since its founding in 1840 - and today is a source of culinary inspiration.