Description
Angel Bake Earl Grey Extract is part of Saena’s Culinary Aromatics collection, a line of water soluble botanical extracts carried in organic cane sugar ethanol with no added water. This one is a composed Earl Grey profile rather than a tea extract: bergamot leads, sweet orange rounds the citrus, and lavender carries the floral finish. Because it is water soluble it disperses cleanly into anything with water in it, which puts it in tea lattes, cocktail syrups, macaron fillings, pastry cream, and frozen dessert bases with equal ease.
Earl Grey without the brew
Earl Grey is a bergamot profile before it is anything else, and that is where this extract starts. Citrus bergamia carries the bright, faintly bitter citrus top note that makes the style recognizable at the first sip.
Sweet orange sits underneath the bergamot and rounds the citrus so it reads warm rather than sharp. Lavender finishes it with the soft floral note people associate with a well made Earl Grey, at a proportion low enough that it reads as depth rather than as lavender.
Because the profile is composed rather than steeped, it repeats. Brewing gives you a different answer depending on leaf lot, water temperature, and contact time. This does not.
Flavor and aroma
On the nose it opens bergamot forward: bright, faintly bitter, unmistakably Earl Grey. Sweet orange fills in behind it and takes the hard edge off the citrus, and the lavender arrives last as a soft floral close rather than a soapy one, which is the usual failure mode of floral work.
The balance is built to survive dilution. In a syrup, a pastry cream, or a latte it stays legible instead of flattening into generic citrus, and it holds its shape against dairy, sugar, and acid.
No tea in the bottle, and no caffeine
There is no tea solid in this formula, so there is no caffeine. For a bakery that matters on evening desserts and on menus written for children. For a beverage producer it removes a declaration to manage and takes the tea supply chain out of your specification.
It also means you are not carrying tannin into the base. Tannin is what turns a brewed infusion bitter and cloudy once it sits in a syrup or a cream, and it is the reason steeped Earl Grey rarely holds up in production.
What we don’t have matters
Culinary Aromatics extracts are built on four statements a quality reviewer can check against a specification sheet rather than on adjectives. Every Culinary Aromatics product is made without:
- Synthetic or artificial flavor ingredients
- Propylene glycol, the carrier most of the flavor industry uses
- Added water. Food grade ethanol carries residual water, and stating it that way is the accurate version
- Added sugar
- Synthetic colors or dyes
- BHT or sodium benzoate
- Caffeine
Production runs in a dedicated gluten-free, allergen-free facility, which means none of the major food allergens are present in the production environment, not simply absent from the formulation. That is the assurance manufacturers supplying allergen-sensitive retail and foodservice channels are asked to provide.
Why organic cane sugar ethanol? The carrier makes the difference
Culinary Aromatics extracts are carried in organic cane sugar ethanol with no added water. Because the carrier is water soluble, the extract disperses into a water phase cleanly instead of beading on the surface of a syrup or breaking a curd, which is what happens when an oil borne flavor is pushed into a water based system.
There is a food safety consequence as well. At the concentration Culinary Aromatics is formulated to, the product does not support microbial growth, which is why the microbiological section of the COA reads not applicable across the panel. It does not clean up a microbial load already present in your base, and we will not claim that it does.
Where Culinary Aromatics extracts perform best
Anywhere there is water. Earl Grey is one of the most portable profiles in the catalog because bergamot works in a drink, in a cream, and in a bake without changing character.
Tea and tea lattes
- London Fog and Earl Grey lattes
- Cold foam and whipped toppings
- Iced tea, tea concentrates, and brew boosters
- Lifting a base tea that is not carrying enough bergamot on its own
Cocktails, syrups, and drinks
- Earl Grey gin sours and bergamot old fashioneds
- Bar and coffee shop syrups
- Spritzes, punches, and lemonades
- Shrubs, craft sodas, and kombucha
Macaron fillings, creams, and custards
- Macaron fillings and Italian meringue buttercream
- Pastry cream, diplomat cream, and citrus curds
- Panna cotta, crème brûlée, and cheesecake
- Whipped ganache, where the water phase carries the flavor
Cakes, glazes, and icings
- Sponge and pound cake, added with the wet ingredients
- Scones, madeleines, and tea cakes
- Royal icing, water glazes, and drizzles
- Soaking syrups for entremets and layer cakes
Frozen desserts
- Ice cream and gelato bases
- Sorbet and granita
- Semifreddo and frozen mousse
Certifications and compliance
Third-party certified:
- Kosher, Oregon Kosher, PAREVE
- NSF GMP and HACCP certified facility
Regulatory compliance:
- FDA registered food facility
- FEMA GRAS compliant
- California Prop 65 compliant
Ingredient declarations:
- Gluten-Free, produced in a dedicated gluten-free, allergen-free facility
- Made with organic ingredients. Most Angel Bake formulations exceed 98 percent organic content. Saena, LLC is not a certified organic handler.
- Made with NonGMO ingredients, with full ingredient traceability
- Vegan
- Keto-friendly
FEMA GRAS covers the safety and regulatory status of the flavor ingredients used. That is a separate question from whether a material is natural, and we document the two separately. Because we maintain full ingredient traceability, we can provide the compliance documentation retailer questionnaires and audits ask for.
Usage and servings
A 2 fl oz bottle delivers 200 to 300 servings. Bergamot is assertive, so start at the low end and adjust to your base.
We do not publish fixed dose rates, because the right rate depends on your base, your process, and how forward you want the bergamot to sit. Tell us the application and we will work it through with you.
Best By: 3 years from manufacturing date. Store capped, cool, and out of direct sunlight.
Formats
Available as a 2 fl oz bottle, as a Culinary Aromatics Kit with dropper and spritzer, and as a 1 gallon wholesale container for production volumes. Custom commercial packaging is quoted directly.
An Angel Bake product by Saena Baking Co.
