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You didn't say where you were, and so this may not apply to you if you live in a major citrus-producing state unless it' CA, but I know Four Winds Growers of Fremont, CA grows/sells them. You may want to check out their website; or if you live in CA you may be able to get it from them "over-the-counter". If you do live in CA then you can ask your nearest nursery (big box store included) that carries Four Winds trees to special order it for you. Also I have seen them grown by Menlo Growers based in Gilroy, CA but I don't know if they do mail order and I tend to not see their products for OTC sale outside of N. CA. HTH.

Oh dear, I this this would be so easy and so obvious to some, that I was embarrassed to post it as a question!! lol. When will I learn!! This is Earl Grey Tea, also sometimes spelled Earl Gray. It is a black tea tea flavoured with bergamot oil from the rind of Bergamot oranges. Bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia) is a small citrus tree which blossoms during the winter and is grown commercially in Italy. Kinda messes up the Chinese idea, but then, Marco Polo did bring many wonderful things back from China, such a pasta!! According to the Grey family, the tea was specially blended by a Chinese mandarin for Lord Grey, to suit the water at Howick Hall, the family seat in Northumberland, using bergamot in particular to offset the preponderance of lime in the local water. Lady Grey used it to entertain in London as a political hostess, and it proved so popular that she was asked if it could be sold to others, which is how Twinings came to market it as a brand. By the way, there also is different varieties of a tea known as Lady Grey; the two most common kinds (Lavender Lady Grey and Citrus Lady Grey) combine Earl Grey tea with lavender and Seville oranges, respectively. A beverage called "London Fog" is a combination of Earl Grey, steamed milk and vanilla syrup - sounds like chai to me!! TM, the reason I was so, so picky is this: This is Bee Balm/Monarda didyma, aka bergamot flower, or Oswego Tea (so named because the Oswego Indians made tea with). It makes a citrusy flower infusion. Beebalm has a long history of use as a medicinal plant by many Native Americans, including the Blackfeet. The Blackfeet Indians recognized this plant's strong antiseptic action, and used poultices of the plant for skin infections and minor wounds. A tea made from the plant was also used to treat mouth and throat infections caused by dental caries and gingivitis. Beebalm is the natural source of the antiseptic thymol, the primary active ingredient in modern commercial mouthwash formulas. The Winnebago used a tea made from beebalm as a general stimulant. It was also used as a carminative herb by Native Americans to treat excessive flatulence. Beat that, Earl Grey!! I was hoping that mandarin would take you to orange, and pasta would take you to Italy. After that, I could have given it away. Now Albert, I knew was going to be a tough sell for my American friends, but I was sure Annette would be onboard to help with clues!! Our 4th Governor General was big on amateur sport, did what he could to encourage it, though he was one of those impoverished Earls, who lost most of the family fortune in ill-advised investments in South Africa. He was interested in North American football, and spent $48 for a solid sterling cup for the competition. Yesterday was the 100th Annual Grey Cup contest. Many shenanigans accompany this fall tradition in our Canadian Football League, including a Calgarian on horse-back riding though a hotel lobby. Saturday, is was, after much negotiation and shaming, the Royal York Hotel. Albert Grey was an ambitious man, travelling the width of Canada, even going to the then Dominion of Newfoundland and several times to the United States to visit President Theodore Roosevelt, with whom Grey developed a strong bond. Kids playing football and end of the season were apparently weak clues here!! And Justin Bieber and Gordon Lightfoot were the half-time entertainment!! I neither know nor care what Beiber sang - Lightfoot did the Canadian Railroad Trilogy. So there you go!! Annette, I am still shocked you didn't know this!! Your husband and sons don't watch the game?? You're a gardener, I thought at least you'd know the Bee Balm connection!! I'm going to give one star to both TM for Bergamot, and Annette for orange. You were on the right track. I actually quite like Earl Grey, especially for afternoon tea. There is a lot of trivia surrounding it: *In the movie Skyfall when Q (Ben Whishaw) meets James Bond (Daniel Craig) he says, "Well, I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pyjamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field."(I do want to see that movie!) *The character Jean-Luc Picard from the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation drinks 'Tea, Earl Grey: hot' in many episodes. *The character Hyacinth Bucket from the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances drinks Earl Grey tea in many episodes. So there you go, lots of trivia, just not answers!! Cyn, the Albert from the Royal Albert Hall was Queen Victoria's beloved husband, Prince Albert. Sorry. So, thanks to all for playing!! It is now the Great White North, as we had maybe an inch of snow overnight. My neighbours are still trying to heat me out, for the window in the back room is still open, and PITA has had her first acquaintance with snow - magic!!! See you nest week - Nancy.

I use all of them too!! Neroli has a very pronounced green note and while it reminds the real flowers, it is more penetrating and high pitched and kind of bitter & definitely not sweet!... I wouldn't call it heavy or spicy because it lacks warmth but I guess if you compare it to its chemical shower gel imitations.. I also happen to have petitgrain at the moment and it is vaguely close to neroli but lighter and kind of more lemony or fresh and airy.. more similar to the real leaves than neroli is to the flowers.. The ones closer to the "real scent" are bergamot oil, from the rind of citrus bergamia which is a very beautiful citrus cologne-like scent and orange oil from common oranges which is exactly like the orange peel smell you get when you peel them, you can feel the stickiness too!!These are impressions by smelling them right out of the bottle of course, when they are used, usually much diluted, they acquire a somewhat different character.. we are really missing an essential oils and perfumery subforum here!!