Earl Grey Tea Latte

I had this at Starbucks today. I wasn’t completely impressed. This is the second time I’ve tried Earl Grey, and the second time it’s been the Tazo blend. The first time I tried Tazo’s blend, I probably oversteeped it (although I followed the instructions on the package). The resulting brew was so bitter that I needed to throw away my cup.

It’s a bit annoying that they put the tea bag in there and leave it in. It means that you need to open your cup after a certain steepage (and how can you figure this out?) and throw away the teabag before your brew becomes bitter. I had this particular latte with soymilk, since I’m lactose intolerant.

While it was enjoyable, I didn’t think it was anything particularly special, and I still don’t think I’m a fan of Earl Grey. Maybe it’s Tazo’s blend that’s not spectacular. The soy didn’t really work with this; the nuttiness of its flavor pretty much completely masked the taste of the tea, and I instead was left with bergamot-nut. It was pretty odd. Easy to drink, but not compulsively sippable. I didn’t finish the entire thing.

Bergamot like WOAH! This is the bergamot to end all bergamots and not in a good way. It’s so strong that it tastes quite bitter and oddly enough the sweetener doesn’t seem to alleviate this; instead it just provides an odd counterpoint.

And WTF Starbucks, is it too much effort to take the tea bag out before you give it to me?! It’s not exactly a nice experience to take a gulp of what I thought was foam and instead get a mouthful of mesh teabag. Yuck.

as an employee of the ’bux i will be the first to say we stock some lousy tea. The earl grey tea latte is actually okay if the teabag is steeped for no more than a minute as after that the bitterness sets in. though today I snuck in some EG from teavana and had them make me a latte out of that before my shift started and it was delicious as fuck.

I had this at Starbucks. I didn’t know they’d left the teabag in, so it got pretty nasty, and wasn’t very good to begin with. I think maybe I’m just not used to my Earl Grey being a latte, though. I like Tazo’s regular Earl Grey, and have it at home.

I get this without the syrup, and I like it well enough. I agree that Tazo’s Earl Grey isn’t anything special, and it easily becomes bitter if you let it steep too long (maybe 4 min. is the maximum in my experience). I get this when I don’t feel like chai… sometimes I just want tea with a little something extra. It’s good enough for what it is!

I tried this from Starbucks today…it was okay…it would have been a lot better if I would have remembered to take the tea bag out a bit sooner.

My local branch calls it a London Fog. It was good- though best with sugar, and next time I won’t let it steep as long.

It is true! Starbucks has loose leaf tea! If you ask for it I had the loose leaf earl grey tea latte minus the milk. Finally a good cup of tea from Tazo. ( I almost wrote them off for being so bad when it comes to the bagged tea)

Tried this out at the local Starbucks today. It was very creamy but very tasty. I think this will keep me up for a few hours tonight…