I've never tried this NASA brand. Is it an Earl Grey?

I admit it, I'm a tea snob. Tea isn't a beverage for me, it's an event, starting from boiling the water to when the last drop vanishes down my oesophagus.

And as a snob, I don't buy bagged teas, I buy loose leaf. So I normally wouldn't have drank this tea, except that I filched a couple of complimentary bags while waiting interminably at the local dealership (OK, I drank one at the dealership and stole 3, one for each hour I was kept waiting).

On the matter of taste, I find it very good. The Bigelow EG appeared to be very strong in color and taste.

Tea bag teas are usually cut very fine so the tea bags can be packed flat, and because finely cut leaves have more surface area than big leaves, you don't need to steep the tea as long. In fact the instructions say to steep only 1-2 minutes as opposed to the usual 3-4 mins.

To me, Earl Grey taste has two components, the tea taste and the bergamot taste, and it takes a lot of skill to blend and make a tea that has a pleasing combination of the two tastes.

Taylors and Harrogate has a mild tea and bergamot taste. Whole Foods loose leaf has a strong bergamot taste. Your run of the mill EG usually has a strong tea taste that overshadows the bergamot and you don't taste it at all. Bigelow has a very strong tea taste, but it doesn't overwhelm the bergamot, which you taste at the end. So I like it very much, because I've never had a strong tea that didn't overwhelm the bergamot. And it's definitely not a mild tea, it's very robust and strong. It's not a light handshake, it's a full body hug and kisses on both cheeks when you drink this.

In conclusion, if you want a very strongly flavored Earl Grey with a strong tea taste, but also a strong hint of bergamot, this is it, I'll definitely buy some (because I think they have security cameras in the waiting area).

I have a cafe and this product moves very quickly. People really like the brand, "Twinings". Having the subscribe and save is a nice benefit for a busy business owner. One less thing that I have to inventory weekly.

Where are my skittles? Sorry, red head > this thread, so I had to leave a bit early.

Grey. Earl Grey. A Dignified, Notable, Elegant, Unique tea with Bergamot flavoring. Unforgettable. Exceptional.

Unsweeetend, or with sugar, it is exceptional.

Add cream and sugar if you want a "Chai experience."

Save the box after there are no more teabags and (I'm serious)use it as a sachet to add its fragrance to a drawer of linens or even just your kitchen shelf. But DO buy a replacement -- how can anyone go without Earl Grey tea??!!!

I recently gave up coffee & made the switch to teas. I've tried all the usual suspects. Lipton & other grocery blends were bitter or weak. I purchased the loose tea leaves from Amazon at a fair price & quick shipping. English friends suggested PJ Tips Tea, which we ordered from another online site. Twinning's blows it away. The Earl Grey & Irish Blend are great both on the pallet & to the nose.

Earl Grey is my favorite blend of tea by far - no competition there. The biggest secret with this tea once given to Earl Grey of Hoswick Hall (British Prime Minister in 1830 - 1834) by a Chinese manadarin, reportedly in gratitude after the earl saved his life, is to get just the right doseage of bergamot oil, a rather intense, tangy scent derived from the bergamot orange (which in turn is a cross between the pear lemon and the sour orange; the latter is native to South Vietnam, and its oil was probably the recipe's original ingredient). Using too much bergamot oil can easily obscure the black tea's natural flavor - but with Twinings you just can't go wrong, because the original Earl Grey turned to this very company for a match to the quickly dwindling supply he had received from his Chinese friend.

(From the Twinings website: "When the mandarin's tasty gift began to run out, Earl Grey asked his tea merchants, Twinings, to match it for him. Twinings unique blend was the Grey family's long-standing favourite. When guests inquired about it, they were directed to Twinings on the Strand, where they would ask for Earl Grey's tea by name.")

Unless you insist on having *all* your tea with cream or milk, I recommend having this one without any kind of milk products: not only does the original recipe not call for such an addition; in my mind it just plain ruins the blend's particular flavor. (But that's just me, of course.) Whichever way you have it, though, if scented teas are your kind of thing, Twinings Earl Grey should be right up your alley.

Red head > Red Zed?


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Yes

Dreamer = skittle?

Fair enough. I have a redhead here too, so I guess we're even. I ate your skittles though.

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lol

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