Okay, this time I definitely pulled the Earl Grey mini tin from the Solstice Tea Traders “ultimate tea sampler.” My first batch was brewed hot and then chilled in the fridge overnight, and… oof. The natural bergamot flavoring used in this tasted like bug spray smells, and left this really weird and coating aftertaste on my tongue. Yuck. I coldbrewed the next batch which actually helped tame down the flavor a lot… tastes more like a lemony-lime bergamot rather than having that really weird off-taste, though it does still leave a bit of an aftertaste. I don’t think this would be anywhere close to making my Top 10 Earl Greys, but it’s drinkable coldbrewed, like a somewhat fancier lemon water, and pretty thirst-quenching in this awful summer heat.
Flavors: Artificial, Bergamot, Citrus, Lemon, Lime, Medicinal
Bug spray…oof
oh noooo… the bug spray strikes again