Origin: Blended Leaf Type: Scented Black Tea Taste: Lightly perfumed with bergamot Drink: Light without milk or strong with milk Brew: 3-5 minutes according to taste When to drink: Afternoon Our take on the quintessential British brew is a blend of fine black tea expertly balanced with flavours of bergamot. Renowned for its wonderful bergamot aroma, Earl Grey has become firmly ensconced as an afternoon tea classic. The story goes that the iconic blend was specially created for Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, by a Chinese mandarin; when all his supplies had run out, the earl commissioned British tea blenders to recreate the taste.A few decades later, Walter Whittard devised his own signature version which took the tea auctions by storm have a taste, & find out what all the fuss was about