Earl Grey
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Ratings & Reviews
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72 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 5/5Tchuggin' Okie (397 reviews) on Aug. 30th, 2024
Benner Earl Grey (from ALDI food stores) came across much the opposite to me, on first try, as to the other reviewer: weak on bergamot and OK on tea. In fact, when opening the paper wrapper for each bag and taking a good sniff, I hardly could detect the bergamot, but the tea was obvious in the dry aroma. The bergamot was somewhat more detectable in-cup (smell and taste), but not a lot. It makes me wonder if the batches are inconsistently prepared.
Maybe they are, but the solution upon which I stumbled was to let it steep for a really long time, as in 5–10 minutes. The tea itself is not strong enough to go bitter and nasty with a long steep, but more of the fruit flavor soaks out. What I end up with, is a reasonably well-balanced EG tea that still doesn't meet my ideal for strength, but at least tastes good, with both bergamot and base tea contributing nicely. As it has for my wife, this makes a nice "emergency" fill-in tea when at ALDI, haven't ordered your standby Earl Grey yet, and need some quick fixes to suffice marginally in the meantime.
52 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5Difflugia (170 reviews) on Oct. 5th, 2022
Benner English Breakfast is ALDI's regular "premium" offering. This Earl Grey is a periodic special.
The tea bags are packaged in individual cellophane pouches. The dry tea looks like CTC granules that have been further crumbled. It has a nice bergamot aroma.
The brewing tea smells of bergamot, but there's little contribution from the tea itself. This carries through to the first sip. The bergamot flavor is nice, but though not particularly strong, it completely buries the tea flavor.
After the tea has cooled a bit, there's a hint of malty bitterness, but just a hint. It's inoffensive, but mediocre. At $2.19 for 20 tea bags, it's somewhat less expensive than Bigelow or Twinings, but also not quite as good.
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