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It smells so good. Once brewed the liquor is reddish, like a red ale. The assam base is quite nice, bold, malty & strong, most of the Earls I’ve tried have this assam base. I don’t know if my whole milk is killing the citrus/bergamot flave, but you hardly taste it, even without the milk. Have to try it again.

It has become my earl grey of the moment, last time I mentioned it was light I meant colour wise. As for flavour it’s a nice wake up slap, perfect for a morning or pick me up cup. It’s earthy, grassy, a wood aroma with hints of freshly pinched tea leaves. It tastes really fresh like it was recently packed ready to send out from the vendor. The bergamot tastes like it was carefully selected. I wonder if the same care is put to the rest of the TWG Teas. Love the amber liquor. Im not a fan of re steeping but this is the first tea I re steeped & tastes good, a little stronger, but good.

A really nice surprise. I’m used to earls with a bold black tea base, either ceylon or assam do the trick but this darjeeling is really not malty or bold, it’s light with a small hint of floral. It reminded me of the Oolong Earl Grey by Red Leaf Tea. In my humble opinion it shouldn’t be considered a black tea. The liquor is light ambar, the scent is floral & fresh & the bergamot is strong, but not over empowering. After brewing the bergamot looses it’s strong scent but I guess it’s because the flavor blends right in with the darjeeling & lingers beautifully after every sip.

I’ve tried a 2nd infusion & unlike most of the teas I have, this one holds the flavor pretty well. I think I’m in love <3

This is my second cup. Let’s say I was used to just brew my chai just like any other tea: Aprox 7 min, whip a little milk just to release the barista in me, add honey & ready. Tried this with the first cup & wasn’t pretty good. Today I followed the instructions & turned out perfect. I was a bit lazy but the result it’s pretty much worth it. The only thing that I’m confused about it that if this blend already has the black tea in it, the instructions says to add 1/2 tspn of your fave black blend, may be to add a little strength? but for me the amount of black in the blend is perfect. So far I’m liking Samovar teas a lot.

This Earl reminds me of why I started drinking tea. It’s a bergamot party which if you’re not crazy about it might taste over empowering. But it just blends in with the boldness of the black tea so nicely. It’s taking me some teacups to adjust the right brewing time, started with 5 minutes, then 8 & guess I’m staying with 4 minutes. I usually drink EG’s to wake up, with a dash of milk & honey, but experimented with raw sugar crystals & is a nice treat. On my top 3 EG’s now.

I’m not sure how to rate the tea, I feel I have to taste honeybush sans hazelnuts just to taste it by itself. This is the first honeybush tea I taste & I found a similar earthiness quality as a rooibos. The liquor is dark ambar & feels light & neutral, perfect for the hazelnut flavor to kick in. The hazelnut taste is really roasty-toasty, pretty nutellesque & yummy.

Been drinking this tea a while ago, but got infatuated with it 4 days ago as my morning pick me up feeling almost guilty because it’s such a treat. I’ve been disappointed with the quality of some vanilla flavored tea, but this is the real deal, the smell is heavenly, just the same when you hold a vanilla bean in your hands ready to rip it open if you’re familiar with baking or home made ice cream with the precious pods. The Ceylon gives it a great body to the cup & just as you open a vanilla bean & the perfume starts to linger around you… well thats just exactly how the tea tastes to me, with or without a splash of milk & honey.

been drinking this Irish breakfast, aside from a Twinings bag I’ve tried, it still tastes fantastic. It tastes more earthy now, bold, the aroma is rooty almost like a dried mushroom. It never crossed my mind to blend it with some assam like the chap Scott B. But I might give it a try although it might doesn’t need it & there’s so many teas to try, so little time.

it’s been a while {of course I don’t update my steepster regularly} since I had a cup of this EG. I’m sticking with the high rate, the most enjoyable thing is the aftertaste, so bergamoty! I just read today of the existence of a couple of bergamot trees in California. It would be nice to make your homemade EG blend. I’ll do my research about such wanted fruit here in Mexico City