• Flying SquidM
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    012 hours ago

    Bergamot is disgusting and whoever decided to add it to tea should be flogged.

    • @EisFrei
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      711 hours ago

      Iirc it was Earl Grey, who decided to just sell the tea that was spoiled in his ship’s cargo hold when a container with bergamot broke above it.

      • Flying SquidM
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        411 hours ago

        The potential capital loss from rotten tea results in foul-tasting swill that becomes iconic because of a sci-fi show about a socialist utopia… there is a message in there somewhere, but I’m not quite sure what it is.

    • southsamurai
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      39 hours ago

      Man, ain’t it weird how tastes can vary so much? It’s the bergamot that made me like Earl Grey, which was what made me finally enjoy hot teas at all.

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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      512 hours ago

      I want a word with the person who was drinking an earl grey tea and thought, “This is the flavor my loopy fruity cereal needs. A toucan would definitely eat this!”

    • don
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      412 hours ago

      I feel the same way about patchouli, but I’d substitute “drowned in fluoroantimonic acid” for “flogged”.

      • Flying SquidM
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        312 hours ago

        I agree, that is also disgusting, but I have never had it in tea.