English Explanatory Dictionary

Earl Grey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blend of black tea flavoured with oil from the rind of the bergamot orange.
  2. A serving of this kind of tea.

Word forms

Earl Grey Earl Greys

Etymology

Reputed to be named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. A “Grey's Tea” is known from the 1850s, but the first known published references to an “Earl Grey” tea are advertisements by Charlton & Co. of Jermyn Street in London in the 1880s.

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