T2 the Australian brand have just opened up a shop in the drastically changing and ‘hippest' part of all of London, Shoreditch just off the top of Brick Lane. Across from the artisanal chocolate factory that sells individual chocolate bars for £7 this place seems fitted for the neighborhood. I visited there to try their quite amazing and varied array of teas. They have classic teas such as black, green and white and more crazy ones like caramel brownie and Turkish apple chutney. A big no thank you to those ones from me.
They have quite a few earl greys offerings including earl grey, girlie grey (with botanicals, orange and lemon), french earl grey (fruiter), pu-erh earl grey (half pu-erh) and earl grey royal (smoky/Yunnan). Naturally I went with the standard earl grey. They brewed a pot in-house for me to test. It is an extremely light tea like you are just getting a sense of what an earl grey should be. It is very gentle and seems overly polite. Recommended seep time is 2-3 minutes so I would say the lighter taste is intentional. It did have a pleasant taste with hints of bergamot there just wasn’t enough there since it was so light. I’d say T2’s strong point is their range and oddities. If you want a very light grey I’d say maybe, but if any of the variations on a grey listed above interest you I’d say go for those over this one. They did not have the pu-erh earl grey in store, was hoping to try that one as well. They do have a nice range of teaware if you are looking to add to your collection or give a gift.
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