After being pretty awesome otherwise, the person helping me out accidentally gave me this instead of Cream of Earl Grey. Imho, It is not nearly as a good as The Cream, nor does it have the pretty blue cornflowers. Luckily, I have clueless family members whom I can serve this too, so a tin will go by quickly (here’s hoping)!
Yeah, I should’ve taken it back, but it’s also nice to have an “average joe” tea in the cupboard? Waste no tea.
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If you took it back I bet you could of kept it and gotten the other for free. (: I’ve never had that experience with them so not sure though. Nice that your family will enjoy it.
It was definitely a first! I’m pretty sure the individual who was helping me tried to make a point of not mixing them up (it was a cluttered counter) but stuff happens! I should’ve taken it back, but I was sick when I bought it back in February and never got to the store again. Oh, well- I’ve never actually had their plain Earl Grey so at least there’s that!
That makes sense and that’s nice that you’ve never had it before. I don’t think I have either only their creme one as well.
Their regular Earl Grey is quite good, imho. Could be worse.
Agreed, it’s not bad! When I first started drinking tea, before I learned how accommodating David’s Tea is about weight, I used to buy everything at 100g. I picked up some real stinkers (and gems); this is a nice middle road. My sister and mother appear to like it a lot too at least. :)
Yeah, but the DTs stinkers are painful to sip down—if ever. I have more of those hanging around than I like to remember.
If you ever feel like you have too much of it, Earl Grey banana bread or Earl Grey scones are a great way to use it up without feeling wasteful. (this also applies to chai blends)
The leaf can be crushed in a spice grinder and infused into hot chocolate powder too, which is really tasty!
I think my go to with a plain EG would be making it London Fog style — mixing it with some steamed milk and vanilla extract. Or because I’m lazy, I just whisk some vanilla almond milk to get both in one. Then it gets a bit of a sweet vanilla flavor and creamy texture from the milk even if the “cream” flavor is missing from the leaf.
Oh, those are both wonderful ideas! I definitely have enough to play around with :)
If you took it back I bet you could of kept it and gotten the other for free. (: I’ve never had that experience with them so not sure though. Nice that your family will enjoy it.
It was definitely a first! I’m pretty sure the individual who was helping me tried to make a point of not mixing them up (it was a cluttered counter) but stuff happens! I should’ve taken it back, but I was sick when I bought it back in February and never got to the store again. Oh, well- I’ve never actually had their plain Earl Grey so at least there’s that!
That makes sense and that’s nice that you’ve never had it before. I don’t think I have either only their creme one as well.
Their regular Earl Grey is quite good, imho. Could be worse.
Agreed, it’s not bad! When I first started drinking tea, before I learned how accommodating David’s Tea is about weight, I used to buy everything at 100g. I picked up some real stinkers (and gems); this is a nice middle road. My sister and mother appear to like it a lot too at least. :)
Yeah, but the DTs stinkers are painful to sip down—if ever. I have more of those hanging around than I like to remember.
If you ever feel like you have too much of it, Earl Grey banana bread or Earl Grey scones are a great way to use it up without feeling wasteful. (this also applies to chai blends)
The leaf can be crushed in a spice grinder and infused into hot chocolate powder too, which is really tasty!
I think my go to with a plain EG would be making it London Fog style — mixing it with some steamed milk and vanilla extract. Or because I’m lazy, I just whisk some vanilla almond milk to get both in one. Then it gets a bit of a sweet vanilla flavor and creamy texture from the milk even if the “cream” flavor is missing from the leaf.
Oh, those are both wonderful ideas! I definitely have enough to play around with :)