Hide

Welcome to Steepster, an online tea community.

Write a tea journal, see what others are drinking and get recommendations from people you trust. or Learn More

Cream of Earl Grey (organic) from DAVIDsTEA
80

Looking through my cupboard I realised something today, I haven’t reviewed this tea yet!

Here goes: Let me just say that I am an Earl Grey Snob. Capital ‘S’. I take my Earl Grey’s very seriously, which has led to the conclusion that Numi’s Aged Earl Grey is the closest to perfection I will ever get. I’ve tried them all: Twinnings (tastes like cardboard, it kills me when cafe’s try and charge me $5 for a London Fog made with it. Kills. Me.), Tazo (both the loose tea bags—meh—and the old school teabags—really good in London Fogs), Rishi (a bit too potent, but we will get to that in a second), Two Leaves & a Bud (not bad, but not great either, take it over Twinnings in a heartbeat!), Second Cup (orange flavouring?? Really?!)… but I digress.

My sister loves this tea. Loves it. Every time she comes over it is the tea she asks for, I should probably just breakdown and buy her some, but then I’d have to mail it to Halifax, yatta, yatta, yatta. Anyways, back to this tea: it’s alright on it’s own with a dash of sweetener, I usually use raw brown sugar.

In a latte though, holy shamoles! I tend to blend in a little, teensy bit of the Rishi Earl Grey, just to pump up the bergamot a bit. Otherwise, if you are like me and Enjoy a good London Fog then this is your tea! Capital ‘E’.

People who liked this

Eisenherz
Angrboda
DaisyChubb

Comments

DaisyChubb
DaisyChubb 2011-11-19 11:53:02 -0500

Absolutely agree 100%!!!
I made the mistake of ordering a “Holiday London Fog” from second cup the other day… I guess it was my fault ordering something with such an elusive name – what could “Holiday” mean? Well, it meant they put cherry syrup in it instead of vanilla, or maybe it’s in the teabag itself, either way it tastes like someone dumped half a jar of maraschino cherry liquid into warm milk. So needless to say I don’t recommend it, but I don’t think you were in danger of ordering it in the first place haha.

Faith
Faith 2011-11-19 14:54:59 -0500

Ironically enough, I worked at Second Cup a year ago, but could never have their London Fogs—regular or holiday. The regular Earl Grey has bergamot PLUS mandarin (I firmly believe it should only ever just be bergamot), while the holiday London Fog is made the same way, just the tea is different: Cherry and citrus black tea. I always brought my own teabags since I could never tolerate the tea there… that’s how much of a snob I am!

DaisyChubb
DaisyChubb 2011-11-19 15:49:35 -0500

Okay good to know!! haha oh dear, well I’m still enamored with their hot chocolate’s, so I will stick to them from now on :)

Faith
Faith 2011-11-20 12:36:09 -0500

Me too, nothing beats their white hot chocolate… mmmm…

Login or sign up to leave a comment.

Profile

Bio

Hi there! Since finding out I have various stomach problems which require me to avoid coffee and alcohol I have become a big fan of tea in it’s many forms: white, green, black, red, etc. and will try anything once.

I hope you find my reviews helpful…

SWAP LIST:
Organic Ever Green • DAVIDsTEA
Peppermint Amour • DAVIDsTEA
Dragonwell • DAVIDsTEA
Ginseng Oolong • DAVIDsTEA

Website

http://worseforwear.blogspot.com

Following These People

DaisyChubb
DaisyChubb

You can call me Dais...

licious
licious

Licious is a stuffy ...

DAVIDsTEA
DAVIDsTEA

Welcome to our Steep...

AliPants
AliPants

I am a student on a ...

Indestructible
Indestructible

I am a mom of a 15-m...

victealover
victealover

I have always enjoye...

noordelijk
noordelijk

Illustrator & Design...

Stephanie B
Stephanie B

e-commerce merchandi...

Lynn68
Lynn68

I'm a huge fan of te...

potatowedges
potatowedges

I'm a college tea dr...

Pureleaf
Pureleaf

*"Coffee is not my c...

darby
darby

VERDANT TEA lover!!!...

QueenOfTarts
QueenOfTarts

*Previously FrenchVa...

Alphakitty
Alphakitty

Tea has always been ...

Dinosara
Dinosara

I am tea obsessed, w...

Rachel Sincere
Rachel Sincere

39-year-old mother o...

See More