TeaChat

whats the modern point of view with Earl Grey with milk in it. personally cant stand having milk in it and it feels slightly wrong

Personally I feel that there is not a wrong way to drink your tea. While I personally don't like my earl grey with milk, I do enjoy cream earl grey flavored tea.
I know of people drink their chamomile milked. Really, its just about tastes...

Agreed. I drink earl grey with skim milk because I like it that way.

ninavampi wrote:chamomile milked

Hey that's a good idea never really though about straight chamomile milk tea, gonna have to try

Earl grey with a heavy rich cream also sounds tasty for a desert tea, and as nina said, the 'modern view' can be whatever goes, since peoples tastes vary so much

Whether or not I put cream (yes.. real half and half) in my tea depends on my mood. Sometimes yes.. sometimes no

Some Earl Greys use Assam tea as their base, and strong Assam plays very nicely with milk, even when it is bergamot flavored.

I just had a big pot of Earl Grey because it was the only way I could get my husband to drink tea with me, and I need to go through my stash. We both put milk in ours, but I avoid sugar.

I don't generally put milk in tea, but I think strong Earl Grey actually tastes pretty good with milk, relative to other types of tea. The bergamot flavoring is a very bold flavoring that comes through even when adding milk, and I find Earl Grey is usually made with a strong base tea that would probably taste good with milk on its own.

I remember as a kid waking up every morning to find my mother in the kitchen eating a piece of toast with earlgrey and milk. Drinking it without milk is inconceivable to me, but thats because i grew up with it that way

EG is one of the teas I drink with milk, it was also one of the first teas I drank.I've been doing it this way since I was a kid so it's a strong habit.
Also, Earl Grey is one of the few teas that can stand up to the taste of fish roe spread.
I start every morning with a huge cuppa strong, black tea with milk. Has to be "lättmjölk" (milk containing 0.5% fat) or it tastes bad.

Other teas I drink without.

Black (western style) tea is the only kind that I even consider putting milk/sugar in. Though to be more specific that's almond milk and agave nectar or honey these days.... Whether I add these depends on the flavor profile of that specific black tea. For example, keemun typically doesn't get any milk and darjeeling almost always does.

Anyway, with earl grey I typically don't add milk, though I like it both with and without.

sriracha wrote:EG is one of the teas I drink with milk, it was also one of the first teas I drank.I've been doing it this way since I was a kid so it's a strong habit.
Also, Earl Grey is one of the few teas that can stand up to the taste of fish roe spread.
I start every morning with a huge cuppa strong, black tea with milk. Has to be "lättmjölk" (milk containing 0.5% fat) or it tastes bad.

Other teas I drink without.

Roe spread, lättmjölk, Hmm if i didn't know better is call you a Swede ha ha.
Talar du svenska?

yalokinh wrote:

sriracha wrote:EG is one of the teas I drink with milk, it was also one of the first teas I drank.I've been doing it this way since I was a kid so it's a strong habit.
Also, Earl Grey is one of the few teas that can stand up to the taste of fish roe spread.
I start every morning with a huge cuppa strong, black tea with milk. Has to be "lättmjölk" (milk containing 0.5% fat) or it tastes bad.

Other teas I drink without.

Roe spread, lättmjölk, Hmm if i didn't know better is call you a Swede ha ha.
Talar du svenska?

Jajjemen! Äggmackor med Kalles är bästa söndagsfrukosten...

Haha jo det är sant!
for some reason, the salty flavor of roe eggs go great with earl grey in the morning

Earl Grey is the only tea I take with milk and sugar. I absolutely love it this way, though it's not bad without milk. To me, the most important factors when selecting an Earl Grey are a solid base (whatever blend of black teas is used to accomplish this) and a strong, rich bergamot taste and aroma. The best I've found so far is JING's, and Steven Smith Teamaker also makes a good blend called Lord Bergamot.