i am want to become bergamot, imbiber of lumpy green orange

Somehow i never tried earl gray until a couple weeks ago. It tastes like a new color and I’m obsessed. Stash double bergamot isn’t enough, it’s barely different than bigelow (but it’s the best I’ve found). I want more. I’m a perv for berg.

I want a bergamot tea bag that treats the tea leaves as an afterthought and i haven’t found it. I’ve tried stash, bigelow, walmart, harney and sons, private selection, twinings, and one other british sounding one that I’m forgetting atm. Stash double and bigelow are the best by far but i want like at least quadruple the bergamot flavor. Do i need to buy a vial of bergamot oil and drink it until i cry and realize the error of my ways?

Not having sufficiently bergamot-essenced earl gray is my own afghanistan.

  • Stoatmilk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    In my experience all bagged Earl Greys are a little stingy with the bergamot, but it does become a little disgusting when there is too much of it so maybe they are erring on the side of caution. You should try a loose leaf from a local tea shop (sorry to be that tea guy), it’ll probably even be cheaper.

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      Yeah I think this is just the way to go, eventually with both tea and coffee if you are looking for very specific stuff you gotta move into loose leaf and whole bean stuff, it’s just how the business model works, the pre bagged stuff has to appeal to the largest audience of consumers possible.

      • Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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        7 months ago

        I wish that didn’t make so much sense but alas if i must bag it myself then so be it! I wonder if a spray bottle of bergamot oil and a cheapo go-to like red rose is my actual destiny 🤔

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      7 months ago

      be that tea guy! that’s good info, i appreciate it! maybe i’ll have to hunt down the closest brick and mortar tea shop and interrogate their bergamot predilections. i will not stop until I’m a whole bergamot