Earl Grey Cream

From the Great Canadian TTB.

I am not sure if this was meant to be. I could not, for the life of me, find this tea on steepster, I also had trouble finding it on the Camellia Sinensis website. So I added it. So this note might be in the wrong place. I am not sure what’s going on at the moment. Its supposed to blizzard today, it hasn’t started storming yet, but my boss called me and told me to just stay home today so I don’t get storm stayed anywhere. So now I am a bit out of sorts because I am ready to go but no where to go. I don’t like it when my schedule it all messed up. HA. I shouldn’t be complaining, its basically a paid day to stay home and drink tea all day :D

This tea smells strongly of vanilla. The brewed tea is a light black base, but the bergamot is moderately strong. There is definitely a strong caramel and vanilla flavour. As it cools, the caramel is getting quite bitter. But while hot, it was super delicious.

Sipdown! (83 | 180)

The first of many samples from my recent swap with Courtney! ❤

This is her favorite Earl Grey cream, and it’s definitely the best one I’ve had as well. There’s a nice level of bergamot, strong but not too strong, and the base is very smooth. The vanilla is somewhat subtle, but adds a gentle sweet creaminess that sort of rounds the edges of the overall taste. It’s a a very aromatic tea without being perfumey.

A very lovely tea. I’m not sure I feel the need to have an Earl Grey cream in my cupboard as I tend to reach for Earls with extra citrus and other flavors. But if I did want one, this would certainly be at the top of my list. Thanks Courtney! :)

This one is really tasty. There’s a subtle sweetness that’s adding to the creaminess here. And the creaminess tones down the bergamot really well. I’m really enjoying it.

This blerg isn’t half bad. I think i do better when the “cream” is there to cut through the blerginess. Still nothing i want in my cupboard but i did DRINK it…so you know. that’s a win :)

This is practically the only time of year I almost exclusively drink lots of tea with milk, so it is with great sadness that I must prematurely mark this one as a sipdown. The bergamot and I were just starting to create a psychic connection (I was aware of it’s presence and location in the house at all times, across vast distances).

I guess I’ll have to cozy up to the other Cream of Earl Grey in my cupboard for a while, but it feels like a betrayal bordering on bergamot sacrilege.

This tea is so creamy I don’t even need to add anything to it. It’s an earl grey tea with a touch of vanilla yogurt.. delicious!

This is it, my winning Earl Grey Creme. No doubt there are plenty I haven’t tried, but no need to move on from here. The dry leaf smells like a fruity marshmallow, then brews up to a well-balanced, creamy, fruity, floral Earl Grey. The base tea is Celyon but not one of the tangiest – still, a nice offset to the creaminess. It has none of the chemical notes that can put me off some Earl Greys.