I have tried three varieties of Earl Grey now and I am amazed and somewhat pleased by how different they all are as it allows for different tastes. Twinings has a light, bright slightly citrus flavor that I love. Bigelow Earl Grey, to me, is comparitively flat. Drinkable, but not the delight that Twinings is.
You actually can tell the difference on opening the box, from the smell. I smell very little on opening Bigelow. I also tried Stash Earl Grey and was nearly choked tp death by a strong perfume stench that spoke neither of tea or of citrus. I did try it, a couple of times, and threw the balance of it away.
I usually drink the tea iced, no sugar and sometimes with a squeeze of lime. I cannot imagine using sugar, not needed. My feeling on hot drinking is that perhaps a small spoon of sugar would be nice, but certainly not milk, partly because of the light flavor of the tea, but mostly because the milk does not compliment the citrus note.
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