Tea: Black
Type: Teabag
Additional Ingredients: none
Origin: Sri Lanka
Off the bat Teaosophy’s Earl Grey aims to impress with individually wrapped packets in pyramid boxes. The tea is in a similar shaped tea pyramid that is supposed to "bring you the experience of a tea ball." Well it didn’t- you get to watch tea balls open up and all you get with this brew is hopes it will start tasting better.
This brew tastes like a more watery lipton tea, you know the packet you get that just says “tea”. It smells like an english breakfast and tastes like a very light one. I can not taste any nodes of bergamot. Having a hard time calling this one a true earl grey.
Nice presentation indeed but does not excuse for a subpar earl grey. After some time to think on it I bet this sample I had of Teaosophy had staled. Tea stales quicker the more access it has to air. The design of the porus mesh tea pod and non-sealing cardboard packaging decreases the shelf life of this blend. While I can say I can not remember the purchase date of the sample I had, the company should consider design vs shelf life especially because it is sold as an higher end product.
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