• Our individually wrapped teabags are completely plastic free. • The outer wrapping is paper and the inner pyramid teabag is made from a plant-based material. • Earl Grey tea was named after Charles Grey, the second earl in his line. He was Prime Minister to King William IV in the early 19th century.  It is said that the Earl was given the recipe by a Chinese mandarin with whom he was friends, and whose life he had saved. • Earl Grey Tea gets its flavours from the oil, which is extracted from the rind of the small acidic Bergamot orange.  The Bergamot tree can be found in Calabria in the south of Italy.  This is where the majority of the world's bergamot oil comes from • Different versions of Earl Grey exist depending on what type of base tea is used and what type of bergamot oil is used.  Our Earl Grey Tea is made using a Chinese Black Tea base, which is closer to what Earl Grey would have originally tasted like.