The French

I went to a tea talk on the weekend and discovered that despite tea being a traditionally English drink, the French were into tea before the English.  I suppose now the French are more for coffee but I expect with cuppas like French Earl Grey there would still be a lot of tea drinkers in France.

T2's French Earl Grey is like the more elegant cousin of the traditional Earl Grey.  Early Grey is a blended black tea flavoured with bergamot oil to give it that subtle, almost lavender-like flavour.

French Earl Grey takes it one step further with the addition of cornflowers.  Tiny blue flowers that change the traditional taste of Earl Grey into something even more refined but also more playful.

French Earl Grey smells stongly of apricots.  Like an apricot tart hot from the oven.  The bergamot is much more subtle but I'm not sure whether this is the highlight the cornflowers or merely that T2's traditional Earl Grey only has a subtle bergamot taste and the French version has been built on that base.

Having it with milk takes the edge off the taste and makes it smoothy and creamy still with that divine apricot taste and smell.  Like dessert in a cup.

Mmm...can't wait til apricots are in season.  But until then the French Earl Grey will hit the spot!

Pretty blue cornflower - tastes so good!