French Earl Grey

aromatic tea leaves. i enjoy it with a little sugar to bring out the floral flavours.

Classic, gorgeous, my favourite special occasion tea. Love it so much.

Classic earl grey with lovely sweet aroma

Strange VariaTEA TTB #6

I think I made a pretty colossal mistake with this one by adding milk. I always drink my earl grey with milk, so I did it without even tasting it first…now I see in the description here that the company specifically recommends NOT adding milk. :( I don’t feel like I can really rate this one, since I didn’t drink it as it was intended to be drunk. Though I will say, I think it may be misnamed as an earl grey! The overwhelming aroma I got from the dry leaf and flavor I got from the brew was a sweet, juicy peach. The bergamot may be there, but it’s seems to be completely overwhelmed by the peach flavoring. I do like peach, so I think I might have liked this quite a bit if I’d drunk it straight!

Adventaggedon Day 8: Tea 5/7

Not my favourite tea of the day but definitely a super nice one! I think ultimately it comes down to the fact that I just don’t drink a lot of Earl Grey. However, the sweet and floral bright top notes of this EG were a really pleasant addition and I thought it made the overall cup feel so much more fun and lively. I’m used to French Earl Grey typically being an addition lavender and that combination sometimes coming off as too perfumey/soapy but this was almost fruity florals and just… joyous!?

I paired my mug with some white chocolate macarons as well, which was a pleasant addition. The creaminess of the macarons almost acted in a way like a splash of milk, which was nice! It was just a happy moment in the morning.

I remembered reading notes of people loving this tea, so when I saw some in the tea box, I had to give it a try. I see rose petals in the blend, which isn’t a great sign for my preferences, but let’s see! Yeah I definitely taste rose, but it works okay here. Really, this tastes fruity and floral, not like EG at all. I wouldn’t want more than this single cup, but it’s not bad with some sugar and milk. I just wouldn’t call it EG.

Kiki came home for the day and is kicked back in her recliner watching TV. It’s a hot one outside today and thankfully cool inside. She’s about ready to fall asleep and then ZING! a sip of black tea.

“Oh, I like this one. I LIKE this one. Is that jasmine? That’s… omg… new episodes on “Money Heist.” burrp It’s a jasmine burp, it’s a black oolong and uh, am I right?"

No haha!

“No? It’s a… Am I right at all?”

Hold on!

“What did you say? Is anything right? Ok so it’s a white tea!”

Haha, you’re a funny one, Kiki.

“I dunno. It’s good!”

It’s called French Earl Grey. It has fruity flavors and bergamot and rose and flower petals.

“Alright that’s black. Isn’t that black? Alright.”

It has fruity peachy flavor in it…

“Okay…”

…and bergamot flavor…

“Okay…”

…and rose and flower petals.

“Alright. yawn Very, very nice.”

This has a full mouthfeel that sets it apart from all the flavored black teas and black teabags I’ve had lately. It makes me think of a tobacco-tasting black tea but I wouldn’t say I taste tobacco. Upon another sip, maybe I would say tobacco. Woody tobacco? The full, peachy flavoring and moderate bergamot flavoring play really well with the base tea. This is cohesive. The peach lingers in the aftertaste. Pretty good. I feel like the heft of this tea combined with the fruity and floral tastes would make a good cup on a hard-frost early spring morning.

Advent Day 10

What’s this?! A T2 tea that I’m liking?! I was reading the description and wondered what it is that makes them think of an EG as French. I was surprised to find a fruity note beyond the berg. I was guessing lychee and was pleased to see in the Steepster page that I was right! I was also surprised that hibiscus was listed in the mix! I don’t even taste is which is exactly how I like my hib! There are some honey notes at the very end of the sip that lingers. The flavors are bright, but not overwhelming. This is one that I’d actually buy! So far one in 12 for me and T2.

What a lovely surprise, this one!
I was worried it would be another boring Ear Grey variation, it’s definitely not.

First of all – the SMELL. Oh my, the smell. I could smell like that myself. Where can I buy such perfume? This is splendid. You can feel the bergamot, the orange, the peach (!), rose, lychee (?). The smell is overpowering, I finished drinking this tea in the morning, it’s now 9PM, and I am still sitting here sniffing the sample bag like some sort of addict.

The tea tastes great, but I suggest brewing it rather shorter, than longer. Anything longer than 2,5 min will leave you with a very strong black tea and all the aromas will be killed, I’m afraid. If you have it ‘weaker’, you will be able to appreciate the whole palette. The third brewing was my favourite one, actually.

I believe this can be a love it or hate it kind of tea, but for me it’s love.

Speak to you all later, I need to run and buy more!

Smells very sweet and a lot like perfume.

It is a little disappointing that the bergamot flavor is missing from this tea. It is really floral with the rose flavor being the star of the show. Its okay