Name: A Proper Cup of Earl Grey
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tea bag of Dilmah Earl Grey; 250ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil; 1 thin strip of fresh lemon zest, peeled with a vegetable peeler; 20ml cold whole milk; 1 250ml mug, warmed; 1 saucer for covering during steep

Earl Grey is Black Tea scented with bergamot, and it brews like any black tea: boiling water and four minutes to bring the bergamot through. It is one of the few teas you can take either way, with a splash of milk or a strip of lemon, but not both at once, as lemon and milk do not mix.

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The bergamot carries it, so it needs no sugar. Makes one mug.

⏱ 5 min 🍽 Serves 1 📊 Easy 📚 Earl Grey Recipes

You'll need

1 tea bag of Dilmah Earl Grey
250ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil
1 thin strip of fresh lemon zest, peeled with a vegetable peeler
20ml cold whole milk
1 250ml mug, warmed
1 saucer for covering during steep

Method

Warm a mug and pour in 250ml of freshly boiled water.
Add the tea bag, cover with a saucer and steep for four minutes.
Lift the bag out, draining it gently against the rim.
Now choose: a small splash of cold milk, or a thin strip of lemon, but not both, as lemon curdles milk.
The bergamot does the work, so it needs no sugar.

What you'll end up with: A bright, fragrant cup with the citrus lift of bergamot, taken your way with milk or lemon. Clean and aromatic, no sugar needed.

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Dilmah Earl Grey, 20 Tea bags 30g£6.75