Earl Grey tea
black tea blend flavored with bergamot
Earl Grey tea is a kind of tea that has a flavour and smell that comes from bergamot orange, a citrus fruit.[1] The tea was named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, a British prime minister from the 1830s.[2]
The name "Earl Grey" only used to be given to black tea, but now the name is used for other teas that have oil of bergamot, or a bergamot flavour. Twinings, a British tea company, uses a portrait of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey on its Earl Grey package.[3]
References
change- ↑ Ben Richardson (6 April 2006). "Bergamot growers get whiff of success". BBC News.
- ↑ Kramer, Ione. All the Tea in China. China Books, 1990. ISBN 0835121941. Pages 180-181.
- ↑ Micky Fenix (July 24, 2008). "More Than Just A Pot Of Tea". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
