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Back on 5/7 Rishi had a FB contest. All you had to do was comment on what tea you’d add to chocolate and why. The winners recieved a 4 piece tea ganache variety pack and a canister of tea (found out the tea was Jasmine Pearls). I was one of the winners! I can’t resist diving into these so here it goes. Should be interesting since I’ve never had anything Earl Grey before.
Hmmm… Obviously getting nice creamy chocolate covered in a chocolate shell. I’m also getting citrus. I think I’m getting bergamot, but it’s kinda hard since I have no clue what it tastes like. Not a fan of the raw leaf on top. All in all, VERY good!
the citrus is the bergamot!
from wikipedia: “The bergamot … is a fruit the size of an orange, with a yellow color similar to a lemon, and has a pleasant fragrance. The juice tastes less sour than lemon, but more bitter than grapefruit.”
Haha ok duh. I really should have wikied it. I was thinking there was also a floral or herbal ingredient in Earl Grey. I’ve always known Earl Grey to be black based and as I like very few black teas, I’ve never paid attention.
there does seem to be something flowery that is added to a lot of Earl Grey blends, or maybe just used to scent them? Teavana’s Earl Grey Creme has either blue malva (mallow), or cornflowers.. Whatever it is, I don’t particularly care for it! Maybe that’s why I prefer Lady Grey, which is actually less perfumey and adds more lemon and orange (Twinings uses dried peels).
I wasn’t trying to be a smartypants with the wiki link, btw. It’s just a weird citrus fruit (that I’ve never tasted or seen before either) and they described it better than I could! :-)
Haha, no I know- you were just being helpful! And I appreciate it! I just feel really stupid for not doing research. I was way too excited to think of that lol.
