Earl Grey facts
While investigating facts about Earl Grey Tea and Earl Grey Tea Benefits, I found out little known, but curios details like:
When told that Captain Picard drank a lot of tea, Patrick Stewart suggested the character should drink lapsang souchong (a variety favored by Winston Churchill). The producers were afraid that audience members wouldn't know what it was, so they made him change it to Earl Grey.
how earl grey tea is made?
Earl Grey Tea was designed to be made with water from Northumberland because of its naturally high calcium compound content
What's earl grey tea?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what's earl grey tea made of. Here are 9 of the best facts about Earl Grey Cake and Earl Grey Golf Club I managed to collect.
what's earl grey tea good for?
-
Dried leaves and flowers of orange tree can be used for the preparation of tea. Peel of bergamot orange is used for flavoring Earl Grey tea.
-
Earl Grey was actually a Prime Minister of Great Britian during 1830-1834.
-
The Earl Grey Tea is named after British Prime Minister Charles Grey after repeatedly receiving a gift of tea flavoured with bergamot oil
-
Orange Pekoe is not a flavour of tea (like Earl Grey, English Breakfast, etc.) but rather a classification of the tea leaf size
-
Earl Grey's statue in Newcastle (UK) was headless for 6 years. The statue of the Earl, famous for his tea and the Reform Act, was after being decapitated by a lightning strike sending his head crashing down 130 feet.
-
Bergamot oil is an essential oil used for many things including perfume, treatment for skin conditions, and Earl Grey tea
-
The decaf version of Earl Grey tea is called Lady Grey.
