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Friday Afternoon : Chocolate Earl Grey

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 So the first tea of 2025 is an Earl Grey.

This should surprise no one.

 

I will be honest, after my experience with the Spice and Tea Exchange’s Chocolate Black Tea, I was not that hopeful about the taste of another chocolate tea.

That being said, I’m glad that I was proven wrong about this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be adding this one to my list of ones I need to have on hand year round.

If you would like to try it for yourself, it can be purchased here.

As always, I do not get paid for these reviews. i do them simply because I want to.

White Silk Earl Grey

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Here’s another tea from Friday Afternoon Tea.

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one. It only has 3 ingredients.

The description says it’s a smooth and delicate Earl Grey. I found it to be tangy, though not unpleasant.

Would I buy this again? Probably not, but I would recommend to others that I know would prefer this flavor profile.

This is made with a white tea so it does not have the bite of a typical Earl Gray tea.

Per usual, I did not add anything to the tea.

Double Cream Earl Grey

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This Double Cream Earl Grey tea is a Friday Afternoon Tea, and they also have a brick and mortar location in Seattle, Washington.

I bought 4  of their sample boxes so that I could try a few of their new teas, as the ones before this in my collection are a couple of years old.

This tea, the Double Cream Earl Grey, comes from their Earls Grey collection. I have 8 samples from this collection.

I went with this one today because I wanted tea, but I didn’t want a breakfast-strength (deep flavor) tea.

This tea, definitely fit the bill for what I was looking for.

It is very mellow, and not strong on the bergamot flavoring that most Earl Grey teas have. The blue cornflower and cream flavorings are much more enjoyable that I anticipated them being.

I will admit that I let it get cold, but even then, the taste didn’t disappoint.

This one is definitely going on my list to order more of.

 

Earl Grey – Twinings of London

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Twinings has been around since 1706. It’s one of the oldest tea companies in the world.

Their Earl Grey Tea is black tea that contains bergamot peel and other natural flavoring. It is a high caffeinated tea., but does have a decaf version available. You can ordered from the website for Twinings of London in both bagged and loose leaf versions.

Among the health benefits to drinking black tea, are its ingredients that help with blood cholesterol and help reduce the risk of heart disease.

I will admit that the Twinings Earl Grey is a staple in my house. I’ve been drinking it on and off since I was a teenager. Tea drinking is a daily thing with the women on my mother’s side of the family.

I drink the bagged version that can be found at most grocery stores. It’s a good black tea that has a bit of a kick to it. It’s also one of the few teas that I have had that is still drinkable when its at room temperature.

Lady Grey a la Crème Black Tea = The Spice and Tea Exchange

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The Lady Grey a la Crème Black Tea from The Spice and Tea Exchange is a good, light tasting Earl Grey tea. It contains the standard Earl Grey tea ingredients along with lavender, lemon and orange zest and vanilla.

It is sold as a loose leaf tea and has a high caffeine content. I bought the 2 oz bag, but you can buy it in other sizes from www.spiceandtea.com or from one of their many brick and mortar locations. They do have a large number of teas that do tend to come and go as the seasons change.

I very much think of this as more of a dessert tea or even a tea for the early mornings where the outdoor weather is going to be hot out. It is not a robust as a regular Earl Grey, but it does have the same bite to it, just not a strong of a bite.