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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    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