Our take on the quintessential british blend of fine chinese and ceylon black tea is perfectly balanced with flavours of citrusy bergamot we39ve even added a scattering of blue cornflower petals for an elegant final flourishrenowned for its wonderful bergamot aroma earl grey tea has become firmly ensconced as an afternoon tea classic the story goes that the iconic blend was specially created for charles grey 2nd earl grey in reward for saving the son of a chinese mandarin from drowning