White tea captivates more quietly than most intense blends. Its aroma may be floral, honeyed, fresh or delicately fruity, while the texture is usually light and soft. That subtlety does not mean a lack of character — it simply calls for a more attentive tasting. In brief: white tea is made from young buds and leaves of the tea plant and undergoes comparatively little processing. Most often …

Earl Grey is one of the world’s most recognisable tea profiles. Its signature does not come from a cultivar of leaf, however, but from bergamot — a citrus whose aroma is at once fresh, floral, lightly bitter and almost perfumed. In the finest compositions, it does not conceal the tea. It enters into dialogue with it. What is bergamot, where does its character come from and how …