Steenbergs Sophie’s Earl Grey Tea

Sophie’s Earl Grey Tea is a more traditional version of Earl Grey tea. It uses a Chinese black tea for its base, then we add some bergamot essential oil, orange and lemon peel, to which we mix in some blue cornflower petals for fun. The black tea flavours are rich and winey, with the wonderful citrus aromas and taste of bergamot, sweet orange and lemons. A perfect afternoon tea, ideal without milk or sugar.

Tea brewing: Boil freshly drawn water, then pour on the tea leaves. For a mug: Put 1 teaspoon of Sophie’s Earl Grey per cup and steep for about 5 minutes. For a pot: Put 1 teaspoon of Sophie’s Earl Grey per cup into the pot; steep for about 5 minutes. It’s up to you whether to add milk or sugar but don’t add too much milk.

Tasting notes: Sophie’s Earl Grey is a light brew with bergamot flavours.

Sophie’s comment, ‘This is a delicious subtly fragrant refreshing tea, with hints of citrus from the orange and lemon peel and the Italian bergamot oil on a Chinese black tea and cornflower petals embellishing the tea. Drinking a cup of this always improves my mood. Delicious black, without milk.’