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To think that nobody likes Earl Grey tea 🤢

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:11

It’s like drinking a bouquet of flowers 🤢

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:41

Katemax82 · 09/07/2025 13:40

Bergamot is the top note in many perfumes...

Yes! And perfumes don’t belong in tea!

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PrissyGalore · 09/07/2025 13:41

You haven’t tried Williamson’s.

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:41

HopeSpringsInfernal · 09/07/2025 13:39

It was actually invented to disguise the taste of the water on the Earl's estate in Northumberland.

You can visit the gardens on the estate & drink the real thing in the Earl Grey Tearooms. The cakes are very good too!

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So they chose something even more foul tasting to disguise the taste of foul water. Now it all makes sense! 😂😂😂

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beetr00 · 09/07/2025 13:41

Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:11

It’s like drinking a bouquet of flowers 🤢

How very dare you 😲

eta; just don't say green tea is yer jam? 😉

Katemax82 · 09/07/2025 13:40

Bergamot is the top note in many perfumes...

BedlingtonWillow · 09/07/2025 13:40

ThousandYardStare · 09/07/2025 13:38

I love EG; I drink a couple from Bird and Blend - Smoky Earl Grey which is a lapsang souchong blend with the bergamot, plus the slightly more regular Earl Grey Creme

I love Bird and Blend. They do the best teas. Currently obsessed with their peaches and cream matcha.

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:40

Bluegoo · 09/07/2025 13:37

haha.. this thread has given me a good chuckle - thanks OP.

you do know that YOU are the weirdo though? 😂

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No no…. It sets me apart from all of you.

It’s going to become some sort of character judgement for me in future before I befriend anyone… ‘So…tell me what kind of tea you like?’

Looks like I may end up with no friends. British friends at least. Us here on this side of the equator know ALOT better.

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HopeSpringsInfernal · 09/07/2025 13:39

Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:35

I’m being educated in Bergamot, thank you.

I had no idea what the flavor or aroma was about. Just assumed it was some weird British tea.

It was actually invented to disguise the taste of the water on the Earl's estate in Northumberland.

You can visit the gardens on the estate & drink the real thing in the Earl Grey Tearooms. The cakes are very good too!

Tryingtokeepgoing · 09/07/2025 13:39

Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:25

I always stand in the tea section of the grocery store and wonder who buys it and it’s all of you!

Early grey is the second best selling tea, or as I like to look at it, not as common ;)

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 09/07/2025 13:39

Ooh, I love it! Prefer it to “normal” tea.

ThousandYardStare · 09/07/2025 13:38

I love EG; I drink a couple from Bird and Blend - Smoky Earl Grey which is a lapsang souchong blend with the bergamot, plus the slightly more regular Earl Grey Creme

Bluegoo · 09/07/2025 13:37

Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:36

I know … can’t believe how many weirdos there are out there 😂😂😂

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haha.. this thread has given me a good chuckle - thanks OP.

you do know that YOU are the weirdo though? 😂

TurquoiseDress · 09/07/2025 13:37

Ooh I love an Earl Gray, with milk

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:36

Bluegoo · 09/07/2025 13:35

Love earl grey and clearly by reading this thread and the poll results it shows I am not alone in that so you’re wrong Op 😄

I know … can’t believe how many weirdos there are out there 😂😂😂

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:35

I’m being educated in Bergamot, thank you.

I had no idea what the flavor or aroma was about. Just assumed it was some weird British tea.

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Bluegoo · 09/07/2025 13:35

Love earl grey and clearly by reading this thread and the poll results it shows I am not alone in that so you’re wrong Op 😄

BedlingtonWillow · 09/07/2025 13:35

Francestein · 09/07/2025 13:34

I love it, but it’s getting harder and harder to find with real bergamot as opposed to bergamot essence. For some reason, bergamot essence just makes you taste bag the tea is brewed in.

Loose leaf is the way to go. You don't need to faff with a teapot, just get yourself a ball infuser.

Francestein · 09/07/2025 13:34

I love it, but it’s getting harder and harder to find with real bergamot as opposed to bergamot essence. For some reason, bergamot essence just makes you taste bag the tea is brewed in.

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 09/07/2025 13:33

It's the only black tea I drink. Can't do builders...

Octavia64 · 09/07/2025 13:33

My mum does. Won’t drink anything else.

i always drink it when I’m ill because I always used to have earl grey tea with several spoons of sugar when ill.

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:33

GrandHighPoohbah · 09/07/2025 13:32

Did you know you can get rooibos earl grey? I have it in the evenings.

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Us South Africans would never do that to Rooibos. 😂

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AnotherEmily · 09/07/2025 13:32

Earl Grey is beyond awful!

Dorset tea is my favourite tea.

GrandHighPoohbah · 09/07/2025 13:32

Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:27

😂

I have to confess that I am not British. So my tea drinking palette is probably not very refined as I thought it was.

Im a good old cup of plain tea (English breakfast I would say) and here in SA we drink rooibos but I’m not sure I would consider it a true tea.

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Did you know you can get rooibos earl grey? I have it in the evenings.

DazedandConfused1234 · 09/07/2025 13:30

I love it, and so does my 15yo DD. Only tea she likes. I have trained her well!

I also like Lady Grey but haven't had it for ages. Must get some...

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:30

WhycantBarryswim · 09/07/2025 13:29

It's called FPW in our house - flowery piss watery. I hate it but DH loves it! He's obviously wrong.

Yes he is wrong. 😂

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