Another odd review. I can’t really decide if I don’t like earl grey, or if it’s just that I don’t like this particular rendition of it, or if it’s just that I’m “drinking it wrong” or am having it at the wrong time in my life (I thought that perhaps this might be a tea that’s better suited for much cooler weather).
I actually went out on a limb (for me) and did two steeps of this.
First steep: I added some cream and two sugar cubes, steeped for about five minutes. To me, it just tasted like a straight forward earl grey, although I’m perhaps not qualified to say this, as I haven’t had too many of them in my lifetime. Something in it is quite strong, and I suspect this might be the bergamot, but if that’s what makes earl grey an earl grey, then perhaps this criticism isn’t really justified.
The second cup had a bit less of that “strong” (bergamonty?) taste, and I had it with only sugar and no cream. Although this is definitely a tea that can be steeped twice, I don’t know that I’d actually go out and purchase more. I haven’t closed the door on earl greys, however, and will continue to experiment with different ones. Perhaps a gentler incarnation of this will be exactly what I need.
Comments
I generally drink more Earl Grey in the late fall and winter. For me it has always been a cold weather drink.
Aha, so it isn’t all in my head. There was definitely something about it that screamed “don’t give up quite yet; I shine my brightest on cold winter mornings.”
It’s funny how obvious that seems to me now!
I generally drink more Earl Grey in the late fall and winter. For me it has always been a cold weather drink.
Aha, so it isn’t all in my head. There was definitely something about it that screamed “don’t give up quite yet; I shine my brightest on cold winter mornings.”
It’s funny how obvious that seems to me now!
Earl Grey: I kind of have a love/hate thing going on!