# Help me rename my Lady Grey tea blend **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093 "2012-04-17T22:56:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/1 "2012-04-17T22:56:12Z")
At my tea bar, I have a house blend I call Lady Grey. Because there are so many teas with that name, I never realized until today that it is a registered trademark of Twinings. _sigh_ So I need a new name. I’d like to keep either the word “Earl” or the word “Grey” in the name to visually tie it back to all of our other Earl Grey variants. If you want more data about what’s in the blend or what other names are in use, I did write a [blog post](http://wp.me/p1UOXG-7v) about it. So, Doper friends, what shall I name this lavender/vanilla Earl Grey tea? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/2 "2012-04-17T23:01:00Z")
Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/3 "2012-04-17T23:08:40Z")
Earl Grey’s Mistress, and I want a sample if you adopt my suggestion. Also if you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/4 "2012-04-17T23:10:03Z")
Catherine the Grey? ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/5 "2012-04-17T23:12:15Z")
How about Dame Grey, to distinguish it from those other variants? ---
**Author:** ![eldowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@eldowan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eldowan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/6 "2012-04-17T23:14:31Z")
Gandalf the Grey? Greybeard’s Brew? ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/7 "2012-04-17T23:15:42Z")
The first Earl Grey/lavender blend I saw was called Earl Julian Grey. Since yours uses Tibetan lavender, why not call it **Earl Dorje Grey** , though perhaps the thunderbolt image would lead one to expect a stronger caffeine kick. Or **Earl Tashi Grey**. Tashi means good fortune, so it would be an auspicious name. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/8 "2012-04-17T23:18:44Z")
Lady Gray ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/9 "2012-04-17T23:20:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Gandalf the Grey? [This also exists.](http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2010/03/hobbit-tea-from-mennonites_17.html) I don’t know if they’ve trademarked it. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/10 "2012-04-17T23:29:27Z")
If you want to get in on the “Downton Abbey” craze, Dowager Countess Grey. ---
**Author:** ![eldowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@eldowan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eldowan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/11 "2012-04-17T23:39:27Z")
Grey cougar ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/12 "2012-04-17T23:40:29Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > How about Dame Grey, to distinguish it from those other variants? I like this one. ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/13 "2012-04-18T00:08:12Z")
Since a Countess is the female counterpart of an Earl, how about just Countess Grey? (Similar to **zombywoof** ’s suggestion.) Or, to go with other nobility titles: Duchess Grey or Baroness Grey. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/14 "2012-04-18T01:28:33Z")
> [@eldowan](#): > > Gandalf the Grey? > > Greybeard’s Brew? Grey Havens? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/15 "2012-04-18T02:02:43Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > How about Dame Grey, to distinguish it from those other variants? I like this name. It tells me immediately what family of tea it is in. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/16 "2012-04-18T02:34:32Z")
Earl Greyish. Okay, a more serious suggestion. Go historical and call it [Jane Grey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Grey). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/17 "2012-04-18T03:19:59Z")
I was all set to suggest Jane Grey and someone beat me to it. _shakes fist_ Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days’ Tea. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/18 "2012-04-18T03:20:57Z")
Grey Mist? ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/19 "2012-04-18T03:31:01Z")
Not quite what you asked for, but if you’re a hockey fan you can call it the [Lady Byng](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Byng_Memorial_Trophy) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093/20 "2012-04-18T04:40:05Z")
There’s some awesome stuff in this thread. I’m going to have to come up with some more blends just to be able to use some of these names! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-lady-grey-tea-blend/619093.md?page=2)