The snow is melting, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and it just seems like the right time to open this fine tin of Twinings Lady Grey tea that I brought home from London way last September.  I’ve been saving it since then for just the right time.

Now the pot of tea is brewing and it fills my kitchen with a warm citrusy scent.  Very nice!

Wiki tells us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Grey_(tea)

• Lady Grey tea is a variation on the famous Earl Grey tea. Like Earl Grey it is a black tea scented with oil of bergamot (though in lower concentrations in Lady Grey). Additionally it contains lemon peel and orange peel oil.

• Lady Grey tea was named after Mary Elizabeth Grey, the wife of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, after whom Earl Grey tea is named.

• ‘Lady Grey’ is also a registered trademark of Twinings. The Twinings blend contains black teas, Seville orange, lemon, bergamot, and cornflower, although other companies’ blends of Lady Grey include lavender instead of or in addition to Seville oranges.

• Lady Grey tea is a modern invention, created by Twinings in the early 1990s to appeal to the Nordic market, who found Earl Grey tea too pungent.

• It first went on sale in Norway in 1994 and in Britain in 1996.

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8411595/Lady-Grey-tea-fact-file.html