[ Valmont wasn't expecting to actually be called out on that, and he flounders for a moment trying to justify himself. ]

I - that is - well, it can't be a true Earl Grey, can it -

[ Wait a minute, what does make something a true Earl Grey? Is it really just the bergamot? It's almost like he had nothing to complain about this whole time! ]

- oh, sod it, it's quite good, all right? Now stop looking at me like that!