who was earl grey
@RikerGoogling Dunno but he liked it hot!
@RikerGoogling All we know is that he was hot.

@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.

@RikerGoogling Pretty sure he was some guy with a *lot* of oil of bergamot sitting around that he needed to create a market for.
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Earl, when he was still trying to decide between black and white? 😉
@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