Organic Earl Grey Tea – 12 Individual Tea Bags in Reusable Apothecary Tin
Indulge in a classic, aromatic cup of organic Earl Grey black tea, carefully packaged in a reusable black tin featuring historical label artwork inspired by early 1900s apothecary herb boxes and original Victorian packaging.

Our Organic Earl Grey pairs high-quality Fair Trade black tea with natural bergamot for a bright, citrusy, and deeply comforting brew—perfect for quiet mornings, afternoon tea, or late-night reading.
Product Details: 
 -Quantity: 12 individual organic tea bags per tin
-Ingredients: Organic Fair Trade Black Tea, Natural Bergamot Flavoring (Kosher certified)
-Origin: India / USA
-Net Weight: 1.25 oz (35.4 g)
-Packaging: Reusable black metal tin with historical label artwork inspired by turn-of-the-century apothecary tins
-Caffeine Content: Contains Caffeine
-Brewing Instructions ("Directions For Taking")
Steep 1 tea bag in 8 oz of freshly boiled water (208°F–212°F) for 3 to 5 minutes.
Remove the tea bag and enjoy plain, or serve with a splash of milk, sugar, or a fresh squeeze of lemon to taste.
Makes a wonderful gift for history enthusiasts, tea lovers, vintage collectors, living historians, or as a cozy addition to any historical apothecary tea cupboard.
A History of Earl Grey: Fact vs. Fiction
Before it became a luxury blend, flavoring black tea with bergamot oil was documented as a deceptive trade practice to pass off inferior tea as high-grade East Asian imports. In 1824, The Lancaster Gazette published a notice warning consumers that unscrupulous tea dealers were using bergamot oil to fake the scent of fine imported teas.
The popular tale of an Eastern diplomat gifting the recipe to Charles Grey (the 2nd Earl Grey and British Prime Minister from 1830–1834) is an invented marketing myth. Grey never traveled to the Far East, and bergamot is an Italian citrus, not a traditional Asian tea flavor.
According to research by the Oxford English Dictionary, the first printed advertisement connecting the Grey title to a bergamot blend appears in 1884, when London merchant Charlton & Co. ran an ad in the Morning Post (June 19, 1884) offering "Earl Grey’s Mixture." By 1914, London’s Robert Jackson & Co. was heavily advertising the blend, permanently solidifying the name in retail print.
The Documented History of the Tea Bag: 
Popular history often credits New York merchant Thomas Sullivan for accidentally inventing the tea bag in 1908, using silk sample sacks. However, legal documentation shows two women right here in Wisconsin intentionally invented it years earlier.
U.S. Patent No. 699,469 was filed in 1901 and granted on May 6, 1902, to Roberta C. Lawson and Mary McLaren of Milwaukee, WI. Their patent detailed a stitched "Tea-Leaf Holder" made of open-mesh fabric designed to hold precise single-cup portions, preventing loose leaves from floating into the cup while allowing full water circulation.
By the 1920s, technological advances in the US led to machinery that could make and pack gauze bags. Fabric was then replaced with filter paper strong enough to hold in the tea but light enough to let the tea's color and flavor seep into the water. By the 1930s, giant bagging machines on the floors of a dozen American tea packers whirled around the clock, delivering as many as 18,000 assorted teabags each day. Soon, these disposable one-cup wonders were found in every American home kitchen, and loose-leaf tea began to disappear from store shelves. (Source: Bostonteapartyship)
One consequence of the teabag’s popularity was the loss of loose-leaf tea (the type we have in our shop) and the fun parlor games of reading tea leaves. But guess what? I found a 1960s magazine write-up, “How to be the best hostess- by reading tea leaves”!! Yep- so I made an advertising card. When you purchase any tea, simply request that the tea leaf reading card be sent with your order.
About Our Packaging:
About our packaging: 
As you know, we have. large collection of original beauty and apothecary items. I love historical and vintage packaging designs! For this one (Eventually this will have matching sets of other flavors in tea bags), I chose to take inspiration from those little square boxes of herbs that were ready-packaged and sold at the Victorian apothecary shops. Imagine this sitting on the counter or perfect on the go, great for camping and living history too! Packaged in individual single-serve filter bags—a design first patented in the United States in 1901 by inventors Roberta Lawson and Mary McLaren—our 12-pack delivers a precise, beautifully portioned steep every time. 
When finished, reuse the tin or recycle it!