Your classic Earl Grey tea. This blend uses Ceylon black tea as the base and infuses it with the classic citrus flavor of bergamot.

All about Earl Grey, Organic — Loose Leaf Black Tea

What it’s like, and how to make it

CaffeineMedium caffeine
TypeBlack
FlavourCitrus, bergamot
CharacterFloral
What’s in itCeylon black tea, bergamot

Perfect for

  • Beginners
  • Latte ready
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

Steep into cream for Earl Grey crème brûlée – the bergamot lifts the custard. Infuse into butter for shortbread that’ll ruin regular shortbread forever. Brew into a concentrate for salted caramels, panna cotta, or ice cream. Add to cake batter for bergamot-scented pound cake.

  • Earl Grey, Organic loose leaf tea, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration
  • Illustration: Earl Grey, Organic with Howick Hall in Northumberland around 1830
  • Illustration of Earl Grey, Organic in The Tea & Spice Shoppe pouch, with Howick Hall in Northumberland around 1830
  • Earl Grey - Organic - The Tea & Spice Shoppe
  • Earl Grey - 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

    Learn more

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What it goes with

Bergamot loves chocolate and North African spice. Sip with dark chocolate or lemon cake. Pair with our Ras El Hanout for a Moroccan dinner – the bergamot and the spice blend were made for each other.

Reviews

What the time-travelers say

5.0 from 1 review of this one, and 206 of the shop’s 213 are five stars

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Full body tea

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Ear…

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Earl Grey every day.

— Jennifer D. Verified

Full body tea

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Ear…

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Earl Grey every day.

— Jennifer D. Verified

Full body tea

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Ear…

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Earl Grey every day.

— Jennifer D. Verified

Full body tea

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Ear…

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Earl Grey every day.

— Jennifer D. Verified

Full body tea

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Ear…

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Earl Grey every day.

— Jennifer D. Verified

Full body tea

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Ear…

This Earl Grey tea is one of my favorite's. It has a full body flavour with just the right amount of bergamot. I have a cup of Earl Grey every day.

— 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

Bancha with a splash of lemon

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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