American here. Granted, the tea stands on its own merit. But if not for TNG I probably would still be drinking standard Lipton like my parents did.

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    I drank Earl Grey even before I was aware of TNG. For me, the smell of loose dry Earl Grey is by far the most appealing smell ever. The brewed tea loses some of that aroma, but not that much.

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    Not a huge fan, but I do get Yorkshire Gold when I can find it, because it’s Patrick Stewart’s preferred tea IRL.

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    Earl Grey because of Picard, green tea because of anime, coffee because of my grandma, herbal infusions because mom only liked those.

    I think my only individual beverage choice has been tepache, a mild fermentation of pineapple. It has a lot of sugar, so don’t drink it a lot.

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    Yeah man but it was more the first tea I tried and branched out from there. Still my favorite though

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    Its more… Soothing? than regular black tea? More smooth or something.

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    In Russia, this is basically a default option alongside straight black tea with lemon.

    It goes so far that even some name brands made international series based on Russian Earl Grey (btw, none I’ve tried capture the correct taste, but the general direction is right):

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    So, in my case this was just growing up on those great teas

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    British, Earl Grey is my go to, not sure why but probably started while working at a coffee shop.

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    It definitely made me want to like Earl Grey. It’s just not my jam though. It even made me start trying all the different teas I could find because I wanted to be cultured enough to have a preferred tea. I even tried Lapsang Souchong which is basically barbecue tea.

    Turns out tea is pretty easy to drink and I’m pretty basic. Oolong, black, or green are great.

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    No, I drink Earl grey daily, but I didn’t even knew (until a couple of moments ago) that it was Picard’s drink. I first had one on a train in Russia, and fell in love with it. The ones I have today are not the same as that one but still very good.

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    I did. And also got into lapsang souchong because of an interview with Patrick Stewart where he mentioned it’s his favorite type along with Yorkshire Gold. He asked to use that on the show, but the producers thought it would be too obscure or hard to remember and changed it to Earl Grey.