Did you (like me) take up drinking Earl Grey because it was Picard's beverage?
Did you (like me) take up drinking Earl Grey because it was Picard's beverage?
American here. Granted, the tea stands on its own merit. But if not for TNG I probably would still be drinking standard Lipton like my parents did.
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I even would say “tea, Earl Grey, hot” as I was nuking the water in the microwave.
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I still do. At one job my manager said, "Don't forget your coffee," that I had left on his desk, and I proudly said, That's not coffee, it's Tea, Earl Grey, Hot." He took a closer look and said, "It doesn't look like tea, Earl Grey, hot." I replied, "It has milk, two percent, cold." Sigh, you don't see days like that anymore.
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nuking the water in the microwave
throws scandalized face and clutches pearls
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Well no. But once I've tried a decent tea, I never drank Lipton again.
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Lipton is really only for iced tea, not hot.
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Now and then I enjoy a cup of Lipton with a lot of milk in it, because the flavor reminds me of childhood. My mom called it "Cambridge tea".
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I mean, I tried it because of Picard, but I didn't like it. I'll stick to oolong and fruit teas.
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Yeah Oolong’s my jam. I just wish I knew an admirable character that liked Oolong.
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Uncle Iroh?
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Earl Grey because of Picard, green tea because of anime, coffee because of my grandma, herbal infusions because mom only liked those.
I think my only individual beverage choice has been tepache, a mild fermentation of pineapple. It has a lot of sugar, so don’t drink it a lot.
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I did for a while, but that was my seque into English breakfast, and I'm now a Scottish breakfast guy. Brodies is my jam.
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Brodie's, eh? I'm intrigued and will try!
Another recent favorite of mine is Thompson's Titanic Tea. Very full flavor. Big picture of the ship on the label, but only because their grandfather's tea shop in Dublin was "a stone's throw" from the shipyard.
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I drank Earl Grey even before I was aware of TNG. For me, the smell of loose dry Earl Grey is by far the most appealing smell ever. The brewed tea loses some of that aroma, but not that much.
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Unfortunately I developed a Romulan Ale addiction when I was only 12. To this day I'm very adversarial and distrustful of the Federation and its principles.
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kinda of. If I see it Im a bit more likely to have it but I tend to prefer oolong or the fermented stuff or orange or the non tea stuff from south america. If im not concerned about caffeine then hibiscus. but after my favs its earl grey all the way and sometimes just because I like saying it.
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I prefer a nice medium oxidation/ medium to dark roast oolong myself.
Earl Grey is too cloying for me.
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Nah, I prefer a well brewed Raktajino.
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I tried it because it was the captain's favourite. Regrettably, bergamot oil is not for me.
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As an Earl Gray drinker, no. I don't watch ST.
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Yes 100%
And it’s my favorite tea.
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yes!!! I am a convert.
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Not even Picard could convince me to enjoy tea. Janeway knows best.
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How many lights do you see?
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Have you tried a nice oolong? I used to think the same until I tried a good tieguanyin.
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Nah, I'm a simple man and I'm siding with Janeway on this one.
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Yes, and I like it.
But I’m really more of a Chai tea man.
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I first tried it in a hotel as a teenager, and thought it'd be a good choice because an Orc in the game Arcanum went into a long conversation about Bergamot. The fact Picard liked it too was a bonus. 😁