The first time I reviewed this on Steepster was 5 years ago (5!?!? – wow where does time go. I already had a long history with this tea before joining here. Looks like the last time I logged it was 8 months ago. I’ve missed you old friend. The Earl Green teabag version has a brighter bergamot and less interesting green base. The loose version tastes somewhere between a chun mee and a bold Vietnamese green. It is brash and loud – I like that. The bergamot is more of a light background support flavor in the loose version. If Ahmad would double the bergamot, I might need no other tea. This is less than $10/lb. So yeah, it is super cheap but has always been a personal favorite comfort tea. Fancy teas come and go in my collection but this one seems to always be waiting somewhere in the back.
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Have you ever considered adding bergamot oil to it? If you put it in a bag, shook it up, and left it in a tin for a few weeks it might bring it up to the level you want!
To be honest, I can’t figure out which oils are safe for consumption and which are scent only oils.
The bergamot from Native American Nutritionals should be consumable, I think. Only tiny amounts of course! But if they say they are just for aromatherapy I wouldn’t, like NOW brand. NAN is the same company as Rocky Mountain Oils.
Have you ever considered adding bergamot oil to it? If you put it in a bag, shook it up, and left it in a tin for a few weeks it might bring it up to the level you want!
To be honest, I can’t figure out which oils are safe for consumption and which are scent only oils.
The bergamot from Native American Nutritionals should be consumable, I think. Only tiny amounts of course! But if they say they are just for aromatherapy I wouldn’t, like NOW brand. NAN is the same company as Rocky Mountain Oils.