Earl Grey Black Tea – Cup Full Of Pleasure

The Chinese were the first one to discover the tea dating back to time around five thousand years back. So tea took about another thousands years to become available to the other parts of the world. In the world of botany tea is known as Camellia Sinensis. There are about 1500 varieties of tea available all over the world; one of the best amongst all is Earl Grey Tea. Invent of modern methods now tea is now available in tea bags. No matter you use tea bags or loose tea the importance is given to that it should be stored in a container which is air tight and also it should be at room temperature. So in case of tea bags one bag should be used for making one cup of tea and most important the fresh boiling water is used for every cup to have a perfect flavour of Earl Grey Tea.

The irresistible taste and aroma of Earl Grey Tea comes from oil of bergamot. This is a kind of orange small in size which can be said a cross between sour orange and pear lemon. This tea has been favorites of many kings and high class people at that time. The name Earl Grey is kind of blend with the name of Charles Grey who was the Great Britain Prime Minister dating around early 19th century. The other legends regarding the name are that it named after the Earl Grey’s servant who saved son of raja from the dangerous man eating tiger.

The other legends states that named was give after a Noble Chinese Man, after rescue by his son from drowning. Many people find the tea has a unique and distinctive flavour, which gives you the fragrant of citrus. The people often regard Earl Grey Tea as a type of tea, and the flavour can be achieved by black tea and added some bergamot flavour. There are many manufactures out in the market who uses there black tea which is lower in quality and added a strong flavour of bergamot to make it taste like Earl-Grey Tea. The other description of the bergamot which is used for flavour of Earl Grey Tea comes from tree which is grown-up in southern art of Italy. This is kind of citrus fruit after getting it mixed with other fruits like orange and grapefruit.

Actually the oil of the fruit is used for the purpose of perfume which includes Germany Eau De Colognes original. The other name is Pear Prince. The process is about a year long which starts in winter as the fruit before it is ripens picked manual by hands. And then later on bergamot essence is extracted and it has to be stored for a year at least. The other advantages of bergamot are that it can be used as treatment of depression and can be used for making body more resistance from illness and clod. So in other words this tea is one of the excellent mixtures which give you the flavour and remedy from illness as well.