Earl Grey Tea – The Popular Tea
Earl Grey Tea – The Popular Tea
Earl Grey tea is variety of black tea, blended from different cultivators. The flavor of Earl Grey is sweeter than that of standard back tea because of the addition of a certain ingredient – bergamot oil! Bergamot is a small and sour variety of orange-like citrus fruit.
It is native to Asia, and was commonly added to foods for its strong and citrus flavor. When the peel or rind of the bergamot orange is pressed, the resulting oil is often used in cooking. Was there a real Earl, and did he invent this …