Medium caffeine

Earl Grey

Name: Earl Grey
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cup
Cuisine: Tea
Ingredients: 250 ml water; 1 tsp (about 3 g) Earl Grey leaves, or 1 tea bag; 1 thin slice of lemon, optional

Black tea scented with oil of bergamot, a bitter Mediterranean citrus. The perfume is fragile — push the steep too long and it tips from floral into sharp and soapy.

Water: 95 °C
Steep: 3:00
Serves: 1
Strength: Balanced

Method

Heat the water to just under boiling — a few small bubbles, not a rolling churn.
Warm the cup and add the leaves.
Steep 3 minutes, a shade shorter than plain black tea.
Strain and drink it black, or with a thin slice of lemon. Milk mutes the bergamot.

3:003:00 steep

You'll need

250 ml water
1 tsp (about 3 g) Earl Grey leaves, or 1 tea bag
1 thin slice of lemon, optional

Makes 1 cup. Scale the water and everything else together.