Earl Grey Tea

200g, about 80 cups, roughly RM0.63 a cup. Real cold-pressed bergamot, not synthetic flavouring.

The difference you can taste — and smell before you taste

Most Earl Grey on the shelf is flavoured with synthetic bergamot. It hits sharp and slightly chemical, then disappears, and leaves a soapy aftertaste. Ours is blended with bergamot oil cold-pressed from the actual citrus rind.

Open the tin and the difference is immediate: real bergamot smells like fruit peel — rounded, slightly bitter, floral. Synthetic smells like perfume. In the cup it stays with the tea instead of sitting on top of it.

What's underneath

A robust single-estate Ceylon black base — malty and full enough that the citrus lifts it rather than overwhelming it. Plenty of Earl Grey uses a thin base because the flavouring is doing the work; this doesn't.

How to brew it

1 heaped teaspoon, 200ml water at full boil, 3 minutes — no longer. Over-steeping is what makes Earl Grey turn bitter and soapy, and it's the mistake almost everyone makes. Drink it clear to taste the bergamot properly, or add a small splash of milk. Lemon is redundant here.

Who this is for

Buy it if you like citrus and drink tea in the afternoon.
Don't buy it if you want a strong milky morning cup — BOPF at RM29 is the right tea for that.

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