For my birthday Andy brought me a tea infuser cup, you can see it in the picture below. For those who don't know what one is there is a glass mug with a glass container where you put the loose tea and a lid. Once the tea is in the infuser, pour water over and there are little slits in the glass on the bottom let the water and steeped tea through to the mug. After the tea has steeped for the required time you lift the infuser out of the cup and enjoy your tea. It's a lot more simple than what I have made it out to be!
 
So with my new cup and loose leaf Earl Grey tea Andy brought to go along with cup I poured water in to my kettle and waited for it to boil. I opened the tin of tea and the smell of Earl Grey hit me. This tea reminds me of Sunday afternoons, a time for recovery after a busy weekend, it's also a good hangover helper! Twinnings Earl Grey smells lovely when you open the box, but the smell from this tin felt like it was a cool sumer afternoon. The tea looks not like the tea you would get in tea bags. It's dried leaves about 1 centimeter long. I followed the instructions and put 1 teaspoon in the cup and poured water on. I then left it to steep for 4 minutes, took out the infuser then waited for it too cool to drink. Some of you may be thinking 'Why didn't you put milk in it?', I had heard that Earl Grey is better enjoyed without milk and as it was loose leaf tea I never thought of adding milk as I didn't think it was done! I soon changed my mind on that one!
 
So I drank the tea without milk and it was quite refreshing if not a bit strong.
 
Perhaps next time I'll add milk!