The dry leaf does smell amazing. It smells more like orange than bergamot (which I know is actually an orange, but you know what I mean, right?)
The brewed liquor loses some of that aroma, which saddens me a bit because I really love the smell of the leaf.
The flavor is quite different from Earl Grey. The bergamot is altered by the addition of the orange, and this becomes a fruit flavored black tea as opposed to an Earl Grey (I guess that’s why they call this John Grey instead of Earl, eh?) There is also a faint bitterness that tastes rather odd when this tea is unsweetened – this one is so much better with a sprinkling of sugar or a drizzle of agave or honey… I chose agave.
It’s ok… not great… but not terrible either.
Preparation
Boiling
3 min, 0 sec
Another one I haven’t tried! LOL