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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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Sweetleftfood · 09/07/2025 13:30

Love it! Grew up on it and much prefer it to any other tea, can't stand green tea but can tolerate 'builders tea' if Earl Grey is not available. My husband hates it but my 16 yo son also prefers it.

BedlingtonWillow · 09/07/2025 13:29

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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I'm British and I hate "regular" British tea, always have. I mainly drink matcha or loose-leaf green tea, but I can manage Earl Grey because it taste less like the grass bin after a week. There are lots of us heathens out there!

Tryingtokeepgoing · 09/07/2025 13:29

I don't like english breakfast / builders tea at all, and never drink it, but I will have earl grey, green or cammomile tea when the mood takes me :)

Barrenfieldoffucks · 09/07/2025 13:29

It's the only tea I'll drink. 💙

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.

doodleschnoodle · 09/07/2025 13:29

Oh and yes to Williamson’s. My favourite. Tetley’s Earl Grey is actually surprisingly good too.

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:28

Devilsmommy · 09/07/2025 13:28

My aunt drinks it and to me it's like drinking pot porroui🤮

Yay for another flower in your mouth and up your nose vote 😂

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quirkychick · 09/07/2025 13:28

I like it both with milk or lemon (no sugar). I like rooibos tea too.

doodleschnoodle · 09/07/2025 13:28

It’s the only tea I drink! I love it so much.

Devilsmommy · 09/07/2025 13:28

My aunt drinks it and to me it's like drinking pot porroui🤮

sandwichlover93 · 09/07/2025 13:27

I like it - it’s best with one black tea teabag and one Earl Grey teabag with a small dash of milk

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Ontheedgeofit · 09/07/2025 13:27

CalicoPusscat · 09/07/2025 13:24

I like it. Hope you're keeping score @Ontheedgeofit

😂

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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quirkychick · 09/07/2025 13:27

I love Earl Grey and Lady Grey, but then I love perfumed tastes like rose and violet creams. One of our local tearooms does a rose and bergamot tea, which is delicious and very popular!

C403541 · 09/07/2025 13:26

My favourite tea.

ThymeandBasil · 09/07/2025 13:26

I've not had Earl Grey for years! I used to love it.
We used to buy lots of different teas and vary what we drank from day.
You've put me in mind of doing that again.
I must say I much prefer loose leaf tea to tea bag tea. I use a tea bag in a cup for my lunch time tea but always make pots of leaf tea in the evening and it tastes like like real tea should.

SoftLass · 09/07/2025 13:26

I really like Brew tea's loose leaf earl grey, it's so fresh and pungent! I like sticking my nose in the tea caddy and getting a good old whiff. It's sadly put me off the teabagged stuff now though.

ThatsNotMyTeen · 09/07/2025 13:26

I love it. Decaf earl grey is my hot drink of choice, if not having a coffee. I do like a spot of milk in it though, pleb that I am.

Caerulea · 09/07/2025 13:25

dizzydizzydizzy · 09/07/2025 13:12

Oooh..... I love it' I buy Williamson's Earl Grey which is much better than Twinings.

Came here to say exactly this! It's the only tea I drink now & no other earl grey comes close.

Really strong with a suggestion of milk

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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!

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DefinitelyNotMaybe · 09/07/2025 13:24

For all the Earl Grey fans - try Whittards' Piccadilly Blend too, it's lush.

CalicoPusscat · 09/07/2025 13:24

I like it. Hope you're keeping score @Ontheedgeofit

Lougle · 09/07/2025 13:24

I only drink Earl Grey.

evtheria · 09/07/2025 13:24

I like certain ones, but most times the bergamot is too strong. The M&S one was good, last time I had it. I drink it with a dash of milk, too.

I only drink normal breakfast, earl grey, jasmine, and green tea.

pointythings · 09/07/2025 13:23

I prefer Lady Grey, but that and Earl Grey are the only non herbal teas I will drink.

Raquelos · 09/07/2025 13:22

I used to be an Earl Grey drinker as my default, but I too defected to Lady Grey 😁. It is definitely still my go-to when I'm out and about, though, as Lady Grey still seems to be uncommon. I prefer it because I don't have milk in my tea, and all the mainstream teas are very tannin-heavy.

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