Ahmad Tea Earl Grey Black Tea, 1.41 oz (40g)

The Earl Grey most of eastern Europe drinks. Black tea scented with bergamot — the small bitter citrus from Calabria that gives the cup its perfume.

Ahmad are heavier-handed with the bergamot than the English supermarket brands, which is exactly why people buy this one and not those. It takes milk, which a delicate Earl Grey will not.

Each bag is foil-wrapped, so the aroma is still in the box when you open it months later.

Ingredients: black tea, bergamot flavouring.

To make it: 3 to 5 minutes. Store somewhere cool and dry.

Net weight 40 g (1.41 oz) — 20 foil tea bags, 2 g each. Leaf from India and Kenya.

Blended to the standard of Ahmad Tea Ltd, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, England; packed in the United Arab Emirates.