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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·1 month agoBergamot is disgusting and whoever decided to add it to tea should be flogged.
minus-squareEisFrei@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoIirc 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.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoThe 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.
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoI feel the same way about patchouli, but I’d substitute “drowned in fluoroantimonic acid” for “flogged”.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI agree, that is also disgusting, but I have never had it in tea.
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoMan, 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.
Bergamot is disgusting and whoever decided to add it to tea should be flogged.
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.
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.
I feel the same way about patchouli, but I’d substitute “drowned in fluoroantimonic acid” for “flogged”.
I agree, that is also disgusting, but I have never had it in tea.
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.