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This tea is certified by the USDA National Organic Program. Click the icon for more information and a list of our Organic teas.
Our house blends are developed by Gary Robson, and blended on-site at the tea bar.Click the icon for more information and a list of our house blends.
4 ounce bag
$4.50/oz  |
8 oz (1/2 lb) bag
$4.05/oz |
16 oz (1 lb) bag
$3.60/oz |
Our take on Lady Grey is a smooth, mellow Earl Grey with wild lavender, a bit of rooibos, and just a touch of vanilla to add a touch of creaminess. You can add milk to it, but you really don't need to.
Our Lady Greystoke tea is named for the wife of Tarzan. John Clayton, Earl Greystoke (a.k.a. Tarzan) married Jane Porter in "Return of Tarzan," by Edgar Rice Burroughs, thus becoming Lady Greystoke. Since the tea bar is part of our bookstore, we appreciated the literary allusions of the name, and the subtle connections back to the "other" lady Grey: Lady Jane Grey, the Nine-Day Queen.
IngredientsOrganic fair-trade black tea, organic wild Tibetan lavender, organic bergamot oil, organic vanilla, organic rooibos. |
Preparation Instructions
Leaves: 1 tbsp |
Some great artist friends have done logos for us, including Al Jones (Hammer & Cremesickle Red Tea and Robson’s Honey Mint), Brandon Pope (Mr. Excellent’s Post-Apocalyptic Earl Grey), and Suzanna Bailey (MaterniTEA). Now, I’d like to introduce the latest in the series: Doug Bailey (Suzanna’s husband) made us a logo for our Lady Greystoke tea. [Read More]
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, we decided to rename our Lady Grey tea. I put the word out to friends on all of the social media, and a former fellow moderator at the Straight Dope Message Boards who goes by the moniker of “Czarcasm” came up with the winning suggestion: Lady Greystoke. [Read More]
Today was tea blending day at the tea bar, as I mixed up new batches of our house blends. As I was working on our Lady Grey, I got to thinking about how incredibly different Lady Grey teas are from one company to the next, and decided to do a bit of reading on the subject. [Read More]
The tea world is all a-twitter because British tea giant Twinings has changed the formulation of their Earl Grey tea after over a century and a half. This is being likened to the “New Coke” fiasco. It’s difficult to address a subject like this without puns, so let me get this out of the way and call it a tempest in a teapot. [Read More]
Black tea is fully oxidized, removing all green color from the original leaves. This is sometimes (incorrectly) referred to as “fermenting.” (If you want real fermented tea, see our Pu-erh teas).
After oxidation, the tea is generally stronger and higher in caffeine than white, green, or oolong tea. It also has a longer shelf life.
The main defining characteristic of Earl Grey tea is bergamot. Earl Grey is typically made from black tea, but can be produced from any base variety of tea.
