Earl Grey Blue Flower takes the classic flavor of bergamot and adds a layer of complexity with blue flower for a citrusy, smooth blend.

All about Earl Grey Blue Flower, Organic — Loose Leaf Black Tea

What it’s like, and how to make it

CaffeineMedium caffeine
TypeBlack
FlavourCitrus, bergamot
CharacterSmooth, floral
What’s in itCeylon black tea, bergamot, cornflowers, blue mallow flowers

Perfect for

  • High tea
How to brew it
  • 212°F / 100°C
  • Steep 3–5 minutes
  • Use 1 tsp per 8oz
  • Past five minutes it turns bitter
  • Takes milk better than any other leaf

Beyond the cup

Same bergamot magic as classic Earl Grey with added floral notes. Steep into cream for a gorgeous lavender-blue panna cotta. Beautiful as a tea-infused simple syrup for cocktails – the color is a bonus.

  • Earl Grey Blue Flower, Organic loose leaf tea, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration
  • Illustration: Earl Grey Blue Flower, Organic with a Prussian wheat field in high summer in 1806, as the old legend tells it
  • Illustration of Earl Grey Blue Flower, Organic in The Tea & Spice Shoppe pouch, with a Prussian wheat field in high summer in 1806, as the old legend tells it
  • Earl Grey Blue Flower - Organic - The Tea & Spice Shoppe
  • Earl Grey Blue Flower - Organic - The Tea & Spice Shoppe

What’s in it

Every herb in the blend, and where to read about it on its own.

  • Tea · Contains caffeine

    Ceylon Black Tea

    Camellia sinensis

    Bright, brisk and citrus-edged, with a golden-orange cup — the tea that makes a blend taste lively rather than heavy. Sri Lanka's tea board recognises seven growing regions, and altitude does most of the work: Nuwara Eliya at 1,868 m gives the palest and most...

    Bright, brisk and citrusy; golden-orange in the cup, with a clean finish

    Learn more Sold on its own

  • Flavouring · Caffeine-free

    Bergamot

    Citrus bergamia

    The oil pressed from the skin of a sour citrus fruit, and the single thing that makes Earl Grey Earl Grey. Nine products here carry it. Bergamot is not a flavour that exists in nature elsewhere — it is floral and citrus at once, more...

    Floral and citrus at once — closer to perfume than to fruit, with a clean bitter edge

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  • Flower · Caffeine-free

    Cornflower

    Centaurea cyanus

    The blue in your tea. Cornflower petals are in eighteen products here and they are there to be looked at: the pigment, protocyanin, is one of the few真 blues in the botanical world, and it survives drying where almost nothing else blue does. They contribute...

    Almost nothing — a faint clove-like sweetness at most. It is in the blend for the blue

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  • Flower · Caffeine-free

    Blue Mallow

    Malva sylvestris

    Reddish-purple petals with dark stripes that do something no other ingredient in this shop does: brewed on their own they give a blue-violet cup, and the colour shifts when you add something acid. That is not a trick — the flowers' pigment is pH-sensitive enough...

    Very mild and faintly sweet, with a soft, slightly slippery body from the plant's mucilage

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What it goes with

All the bergamot brilliance of Earl Grey with an extra floral layer. Pair with our Ras El Hanout or Lavender Flower for a Moroccan-inspired evening.

Reviews

What the time-travelers say

5.0 from 3 reviews of this one, and 206 of the shop’s 213 are five stars

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A staple in our home

I love ordering from this store - it arrives well packaged and as ordered. The earl grey with blue flowers is something I regularl…

I love ordering from this store - it arrives well packaged and as ordered. The earl grey with blue flowers is something I regularly get. It's a fragrant earl grey and the tea quality is really good.

— Jennifer

Perfect Earl Grey

This is the perfect Earl Grey tea without any added flavours. I like the pretty blue flowers too. I drink this tea every morning w…

This is the perfect Earl Grey tea without any added flavours. I like the pretty blue flowers too. I drink this tea every morning with breakfast.

— Jennifer D. Verified

A staple in our home

I love ordering from this store - it arrives well packaged and as ordered. The earl grey with blue flowers is something I regularl…

I love ordering from this store - it arrives well packaged and as ordered. The earl grey with blue flowers is something I regularly get. It's a fragrant earl grey and the tea quality is really good.

— Jennifer

Perfect Earl Grey

This is the perfect Earl Grey tea without any added flavours. I like the pretty blue flowers too. I drink this tea every morning w…

This is the perfect Earl Grey tea without any added flavours. I like the pretty blue flowers too. I drink this tea every morning with breakfast.

— Jennifer D. Verified

Great products and great service

I had a slight mix up on my order, they were quick to reply and correct my order with no issues. Amazing service and great…

I had a slight mix up on my order, they were quick to reply and correct my order with no issues. Amazing service and great products.

— Nick C. Verified

Great tea

A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very…

A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very tasty!

— Zoe R. Verified

Maple Peach

The maple peach is delicious. What a beautiful combination. I will most definitely order it again, and a higher quantity of it.

— Gerda S. Verified

Always handy

I use dillweed often. This dill is fresh and has a nice aroma. I use it in marinades, salad dressings, and on fish. Good stuff.

— Jennifer D. Verified

Great stuff

This has helped my household a lot with circulation and alertness when we had it everyday. Will be ordering again soon. Thanks

— Dave G. Verified

Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product.…

Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product. 10/10!!

— Erin Poeta P. Verified

Delicious

I love this black tea, it has a really nice smooth flavour and love how it’s Swiss water method decaf. Will be buying again!

— Jessica A. Verified

Great flavorful tea

Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite…

Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite flavorful.

— Joel R. Verified

Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a…

Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a flavoured tea!!!

— Ted H. Verified

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love , love, love and they shipping is very fast. the headache tea works great, the throat coat tea works great as well

— Miranda A. Verified

4 stars

It worked beautifully; perhaps if I add a little more honey, it would make it better… It is a wellness tea, after all!

— Merrilee B. Verified

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A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an…

A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an enjoyable second cup!

— Monika F. Verified

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