who was earl grey

[crypticmirror@mstdn.social]

@RikerGoogling I went to look it up and... damn, that is a rabbit hole. Turns out that we're not really sure.

It is a hot topic.

[kadin2048@mefi.social]

@RikerGoogling Pretty sure he was some guy with a *lot* of oil of bergamot sitting around that he needed to create a market for.

[dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social]

@RikerGoogling
Earl, when he was still trying to decide between black and white?

[uncleslacky@federate.social]

@RikerGoogling This guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey

More here: https://www.oed.com/discover/earl-grey/?tl=true

[numerfolt@kirche.social]

@RikerGoogling Afaik "earl grey" is not a person but a color that was originally called "early grey".
But over time people found it too hard to say and started omitting the "y", which led to the now commonly known name

[stevenray@sfba.social]

@RikerGoogling @SecularJeffrey famous coffee drinker

[m3t00@mastodon.world]

@RikerGoogling one of the fifty shades

[pmcg@mastodon.social]

@RikerGoogling Sandwich Police?

[arendjr@mstdn.social]

@RikerGoogling #mrsCleyton ‘s favourite cup of tea.

[vandorb12@infosec.exchange]

@GenXLife @joe @RikerGoogling how was Earl Grey?