What are the components of Earl Grey tea? Can I make it myself?!
What are the components of Earl Grey tea? Can I make it myself?
Answers:
bergemot and tea leaves. just buy some.
Bergamot and tea
Sure... First, buy some land in India and Celylon. Grow tea bushes. Pick the leaves, cut dry, process into "tea" and blend to suiy
Grow bergamot oranges. Make bergamot oil from them.
Add the oil to the tea.., and, hey presto, after only a couple of years, you have Earl Grey.-- or one of the hundred variations thereon
Or you could buy ready-made teas and oil and mix them to taste.
Or you could simply find an off-the-shelf blend that suits you and send your char-wallah down to the grocery store to buy some,
Contrary to popular belief, Earl Grey is not a kind of tea at all. It's actually plain black tea, infused with the citrus flavour of bergamot (similar to orange blossoms). This gives a bright, tart and refreshing tea that is unlike other black teas.
While the term 'orange pekoe' is all about the quality and grade of a tea, Earl Grey tea is not necessarily a high quality tea. Since the taste of bergamot is quite strong, it is often used to mask the lack of flavour from poor quality black tea. When shopping for Earl Grey, make sure to double-check the grade of the tea before making your choice.