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"Tea. Earl Grey. Hot" - Jean-Luc Picard (various)

A special blend of tea, the Earl Grey melange was named after Charles Grey, the Second Earl Grey, who apparently received a diplomatic gift of this blend. It receives its distinctive flavor and aroma from bergamot oil, from a fragrant citrus fruit native to Earth's Mediterranean region.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard was renowned for his fondness of this blend. He typically ordered it hot. (TNG: "Contagion")

On tasting Earl Grey tea, Elim Garak remarked, "I'd like to get my hands on that fellow Earl Grey and tell him a thing or two about tea leaves." (DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow")

Lieutenant Commander Nella Daren believed that Picard's consumption of Earl Grey late at night led to insomnia, and suggested an herbal tea instead. (TNG: "Lessons")

Earl Grey was not yet programmed into the Enterprise-D replicator system when the ship set out on its mission to Farpoint Station in 2364. (TNG: "All Good Things...")

After meeting Captain Picard, the man he was cloned from, Shinzon had some of the Captain's favorite tea on the bridge of the Scimitar. (Star Trek Nemesis)

See also

Picard was first seen to have ordered Earl Grey in TNG: "Contagion."
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