Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/02/05/report-of-earl-grey-tea-intoxication-in-the-lancet-2002.html
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Dammit, Jim. I love Earl Grey tea!
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Wrong Trek series?
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Ahhh! I’ve wondered about bergamot. The few times I’ve drank tea with bergamot, my skin feels numb. So I avoid it. Welp, this cinches it.
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it’s all in the same universe, so whatevs.
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Well, actually, yooooooou see, the Kelvin Time Lines is in a separate Universe… 
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What doesn’t kill you… definitely will do the job eventually? 
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So the harmful dose is somewhere in the region of Four Litres of Earl Grey daily.
I think I’ll continue to take my chances.
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squints eyes …so… are you saying that Picard would have no idea who Bones is? mind blown.
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One of the saddest little hints that Picard was forced to face his own mortality in the first season of the new series was when he added “…decaf” to his traditional replicator request.
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I’m proud of my fellow BoingBoingers, for having exercised the self-restraint necessary to not mention the Klingon babe.
Er …
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I can’t drink Earl Grey tea. It gives me a splitting headache almost instantly. Feels like metal spikes being driven into my temples, and my eyes hurt. Had this consistently since my teens.
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Some tea companies skimp on the bergamot. From what II remember, Twinings doesn’t use much. Fortnum and Mason uses more.
Upton uses a lot. I may be at risk…
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Seems like a lot of people have Earl Grey stories. Once, and only once, I drank a cup of tea and immediately threw up, and yeah, you guessed it, Earl Grey. Which is odd, because I’ve had it since then with no trouble. Still, once is one more time than it’s happened with any other flavor of tea.
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Hmm. I never liked Earl Grey tea and now I have a good reason to keep avoiding it.
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Same here, but for a different reason. Bergamot was a common ingredient in hair products that were popular during my childhood. As a result, the scent of Earl Grey reminds me too much of this:
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The Lancet article actually specifies that Twinings was the brand causing ‘intoxication’. But they do sell several different Earl Grey blends.
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If you have it consistently, maybe try not drinking it harder? 
Grade from Palatable to Unpleasant, and then Toxic?
