This is a very sweet thread... (ㅅ´ ꒳ `)

A secret? I'm actually very, very bad at brewing tea. I tend to be pretty impatient with food prep in general, and it has resulted in most of my cups of tea being scalded at worst and over/understeeped at best. Because I wasn't keeping an eye on them. It's funny more than anything.

I've never had Earl Grey, but I have had bergamot tea (so essentially Earl Grey without the black tea) due to living near a lot of citrus trees when I was younger, and it's a very comforting flavor for me. I think the most interesting flavor experience I had was trying to make tea with cinnamon bark and nothing else because I had forgotten I was out of honey. Um. It's hot water (flavor, not temperature, but also temperature due to the nature of tea).

I do also enjoy aniseed tea with honey and buttermilk cookies. A very mild flavor profile all around, but sweet and warm.