I have this friend. He is english. He raves about Earl Grey. I don't understand it. Then I watch Star Trek the Next Generation, and It is Picard's favorite as well. The Englishman in The Da'Vinci Code drinks it too. Do all scholarly Englishmen drink it?
2007-03-02 08:37:47 · 14 answers · asked by diana rose 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
It is a delicious tea. The added Bergamot has a singularly tasty note. It is my favorite - especially on a rainy afternoon. And yes, I am a coffee drinker.
It is rather like the difference between a hefty morning coffee and a tasty vanilla latte later on.
Try it sometime!
2007-03-02 08:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by Sweet Gran 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This scholarly Englishman (ok, I promote myself slightly)
prefers Lapsang Souchong.
I acquired the taste at university, when black tea became a good idea as all the milk in the communal fridge either went off or missing.
Otherwise it should be traditional railwayman's tea: the taste and colour of old brass.
2007-03-02 16:51:55 · answer #2 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You got me...but I love the stuff. I grew up in a very British household and we drank tea with every meal, between every meal...my little sister even had hers in a bottle as a child (I know, not healthy, but she loved it)...Earl Grey is one of my favs, though I like Orange Pekoe as much as the next bloke...
2007-03-02 16:49:08 · answer #3 · answered by IamBatman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And those who aren't scholarly as well. Though I usually drink Orange Pekoe during the day.
2007-03-03 10:00:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God knows. I hate the stuff. Much prefer Lapsang Suchon or Orange Peko myself, with a couple of Bath Olivers.
2007-03-02 16:40:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am of English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh and Scots-Irish extraction living in the States. I and my eldest sister both love Earl Grey - it is genetic!
2007-03-03 16:50:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm English and, believe me, any Englishman who says he drinks Earl Grey is talking bo**ox!! After all - who would REALLY enjoy drinking a bottle of perfume?! They just know that people from other countries expect them to say that, they play on it!
Typical bl**dy english men! They really are up their own a**es!! And if they truly like drinking that stuff, then - boy, have they no taste!!
2007-03-02 16:42:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Earl Grey disgusts me. Just a nice common mans brew will do me.
2007-03-02 16:40:17 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a wonderful brew, but my male relatives (scholarly and otherwise) spurn it because it in some way impugns their masculinity. But that bewitching fragrance of Bergamot does wonders for me!
2007-03-02 16:44:56 · answer #9 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The odor of it stops me from wanting to get near enough to drink it. I don't like Lady Grey either, which is tea and citrus flavoring.
Give me English Breakfast or Irish Breakfast, please.
2007-03-03 12:34:36 · answer #10 · answered by kiwi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋