Captain Jean-Luc Picard, a primary character in the Star Trek series, is known for his famous drink order “Tea. Earl Grey. Hot,” which has become synonymous with Patrick Stewart’s character. The tea typically has about 30 milligrams of caffeine. In the series Picard, set several decades after The Next Generation, Picard does order Tea, Earl Grey, decaf in one scene.
The British tea consumption is entangled in the birth of capitalism, the growth of the Royal Navy, and the global expansion. In the season 2 premiere of Star Trek: Picard, Patrick Stewart shares a bottle of wine with Laris (Orla Brady), a bride and groom’s first night as a couple. Common food/drink items in Star Trek series include Earl Grey tea, Raktajino, and Leola root.
In the Star Trek universe, drinking coffee every day is considered safe and offers cardioprotective properties. Other health benefits include enhanced physical exercise and performance, improved cognition, alertness, and mood. Drinking three to five cups of coffee every day is more than enough to reap the benefits.
In Star Trek: Voyagers, Captain Kathryn Janeway was always drinking coffee on the show like Picard with his Earl Grey tea. Ensign Sonya Gomez spilled hot chocolate on Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and Troi mentioned that she misses “Raktajino lattes.” While Picard never drinks coffee and sometimes drinks other tea blends, when he orders something, it is clear that he is not a coffee lover.
📹 How Much EARL GREY Does Picard Drink? (Exposing Star Trek Stereotypes)
We all know that Captain Picard’s signature drink is “Tea, Earl Grey, Hot”, but how often does he REALLY order it? An analysis …
Who spilled coffee on Captain Picard?
Ensign Sonya Gomez: shocked that she spilled hot chocolate on Captain Picard. Isn’t that what they say? First impressions matter. Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: This meeting will be one the captain will never forget. Q: If you had half the sense you pretend to have, you would get her off your ship. If you want, I’ll help her leave. Capt. Picard: Does he know you? Guinan: We’ve met before. Q: That was two centuries ago. This creature is not what it seems. She’s an Imp. Trouble follows her. You’re talking about yourself, Q, not Guinan. I understand what you’ve done, Q. But I think the lesson could have been learned without losing 18 members of my crew. Q: If you can’t take a little pain, maybe you should go back home. It’s not safe here. It’s wonderful, with things to satisfy your desires. But it’s not for the timid.
Last lines; Capt. Picard: Maybe Q did the right thing for the wrong reason. Guinan: How so? Capt. Picard: Maybe we needed to be woken up from our complacency.
Why is Chakotay not mentioned in Picard?
On X, Beltran said he was offered to play Chakotay on Star Trek: Picard. I was offered an episode of Picard, but I didn’t like what they wrote for Chakotay, so I turned it down. The actor said he has no hard feelings toward the Picard producers. Picard Season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas said they planned to revisit the romance between Chakotay and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan). In another universe, they got married and now lead the Confederation of Earth. Chakotay would have been the main villain, which didn’t sit right with Beltran. Stark Trek fans were divided over Seven and Chakotay’s romance. The Picard team were wise to avoid exploring it further. Chakotay and Seven of Nine fall in love during the last days of Star Trek: Voyager, but people didn’t believe it. Though these characters have fans, most agreed that pairing them up and pushing their relationship was a bad move. People are still talking about it and expressing frustration over how it panned out. How did they meet? When did it start? Their romance seems forced. It’s not like Blana and Tom’s relationship, wrote a Redditor in a thread about Chakotay and Seven’s surprise romance. In another thread on the topic, u/AboriakTheFickle agreed that they became a couple too fast and said that Chakotay didn’t have chemistry with anyone but Captain Kathryn Janeway.
Why does Janeway outrank Picard?
Janeway had the most successful Starfleet career of the TNG era captains. There are many arguments about who was the most influential 24th-century captain, but there is no debate about who had the most fruitful Starfleet career. Star Trek: Voyager’s Admiral Kathryn Janeway has had one of Starfleet’s most decorated careers. She even outranked the legendary Jean-Luc Picard. Star Trek: Voyager’s Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) is one of Starfleet’s most decorated captains. She even outranked the legendary Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Janeway was a new captain at the start of Star Trek: Voyager. She spent seven years in the Delta Quadrant in command of the Voyager and eventually returned home. This made her a Starfleet legend. Janeway was promoted to Admiral in Star Trek: Nemesis, which takes place a year after Voyager returns to Earth. Admiral Janeway orders Captain Picard to go to Romulus.
Picard became an Admiral too. In Star Trek: Picard season 1, Picard was promoted and left the USS Enterprise-E a few years after Star Trek: Nemesis to oversee the evacuation of Romulus before a supernova killed billions. Not all Starfleet Admirals are equal. Janeway and Picard are the most powerful.
Has Kirk ever met Picard?
Answered: Do Picard and Kirk meet? They met in Star Trek: Generations.
How many times did Picard order Tea?
“Encounter at Farpoint” Picard drinks tea at his first meeting with Riker. (Earl Grey not mentioned, so maybe coffee.) “Where No One Has Gone Before”: Picard’s mom offers him tea on a cart. (Earl Grey is not mentioned.) “Contagion” Picard orders tea, Earl Grey, hot. (He doesn’t get it! The replicator malfunctions.) “Best of Both Worlds” Picard offers Hanson tea. Lursa and Betor pour Picard Earl Grey to try to get on his good side. Kamala orders Earl Grey for Picard. Picard tries to order Earl Grey at night but can’t because the replicators are off. Can he make a pot of boiling water without the replicator? Really? Also, this is the second time Picard doesn’t get tea, which reveals a major plot point. Picard orders tea, Earl Grey, hot! Picard has tea and sandwiches ready for Admiral Necheyev. Picard offers tea to his son, Jason. Picard orders tea. Twice. In a flashback to the first mission of the Enterprise and in a flash-forward to the future at Data’s house, Picard orders tea from a cranky maid. Deep Space Nine, “Emissary”: Picard has tea or coffee in his meeting with Sisko. Picard’s “wife” in the Nexus offers him tea. Picard orders tea, Earl Grey, hot from the replicator before his subspace call from Admiral Janeway. Picard’s younger clone, Shinzon, also orders tea, but not Earl Grey. The biggest takeaway is that Picard only orders Earl Grey alone in “Lessons.” The other times are at meetings or social events. This makes his private tea time unusual. In the episode, Neela Darren is surprised that he’s drinking caffeine at night. Is this normal for Picard? As Star Trek fans, we think Picard drinks Earl Grey tea all the time. But we only see a small fraction of his private life, so we mostly associate the tea with his professional persona. The ghost of his mother offers him tea in “Where No One Has Gone Before.” This suggests that tea was pushed on Jean-Luc at a young age, but it doesn’t mean he likes it.
Does Spock drink coffee?
I don’t drink coffee. I drink tea. Would you like some tea? No, thank you.
Why did Kate Mulgrew not appear in Picard season 3?
Wang didn’t return for Prodigy in season one. Only Mulgrew, Beltran, and Picardo from Voyager returned for season two. Wangs Delta Flyers podcast co-host Robert Duncan McNeill would play Lt. Tom Paris from Voyager and Nicholas Locarno from TNG on the animated Lower Decks. In the Picard series finale, thoughts turned to Mulgrew’s Janeway before opting for Russ as Captain Tuvok. We talked about Janeway because her name came up a lot. She’s the admiral everyone knows. If we’d put Janeway in the finale, she’d have promoted Seven. But that might have made the scene about Janeway and not Seven. We couldn’t afford Kate Mulgrew. Matalas said it all worked out. They got the last two scripts and asked, “How do you?” We started building the Enterprise-D in the second week of season 3 because it takes so long. So we got away with it—like Tuvok. I was happy to get Tuvok. I always liked Tuvok. For more on the fate of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E, check out this piece. You can stream Star Trek: Picard on Paramount.
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Why was Janeway not in Picard?
Matalas couldn’t include Janeway because of budget and not wanting to step on Star Trek: Prodigy’s toes. But Janeway was almost an honorary character in Star Trek: Picard season 3. Picards final twist wouldn’t have been possible without Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager. Janeway became the Borgs greatest enemy, not Picard. If Admiral Janeway keeps appearing in Star Trek in the future, her defeat of the Borg should be acknowledged. You can stream Star Trek: Picard season 3 on Paramount.
Does Kate drink coffee?
- The Duchess drinks coffee. She was seen using her Starbucks loyalty card. What did she order? A decaf and a cookie. News
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Does Kate Mulgrew like coffee?
In Star Trek: Voyager, Captain Kathryn Janeway drank coffee like Picard drank tea. All the second-wave Star Trek captains drank something different. Captain Janeway’s character was based on Kate Mulgrew, who loved coffee. The show’s debut was a big deal. The series brought back the ship show to the franchise after Star Trek: The Next Generation ended. It was the first series of the new United Paramount Network. The biggest deal was Kate Mulgrew as the first female captain. Kathryn Janeway’s coffee addiction wasn’t made up by the writers. It came from Mulgrew herself. This shows how writers and actors create characters we love. Producers Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor created Voyager, but Taylor created Kathryn Janeway. Mulgrew’s performance helped shape Janeway’s character. The writers gave Janeway lines to say, but it was Mulgrew who made them come alive. Writers often use actors’ personalities to create characters. Kate Mulgrew loved black coffee on set, so Janeway’s signature drink was always coffee, black.
What does Captain Picard drink?
Enjoy a cup of Earl Grey on International Tea Day! Enjoy a cup of Earl Grey for International Tea Day!
📹 Tea, Earl Grey, Hot: a Star Trek Supercut
Good tea. Nice compilation. More compilations: …
Why do we think that the Earl Grey is such an interesting quip? Because through all the episodes and seasons of our favorite captain, we know that this is one of the few things we truly know he enjoys (that and the flute). The final scene where he begins to open up and joins the poker is something that sort of points out this reclusive personal life to his crew, and for the audience to only guess.
That’s actually a fair amount. The occasions where he makes the attempt should also count, as it’s likely he ended up with a cup offscreen. At least a portion of the unknown teas should be counted as well. That puts the number well into double figures. Now consider that there are only 170 hours of material. Only a fraction of which include Picard on-screen. If Picard has 12 total cups, and let’s assume he appears on -screen 2/3 of the series. You now have a cup every 10 hours. Now subtract scenes where Picard could have tea. The bridge or away missions for example, and his tea drinking starts too look a bit more prolific. I would say he’s at at least two cups a day and possibly as much as six.
That’s the funny thing about character traits in fiction, a lot of the time they’re not nearly as prevalent throughout a work as one remembers. The flip side, of course is when a long running work takes a particular trait and expands that to encompass the entire character. Imagine if Star Trek: TNG were a long-runner to the same extent as, for example, the Simpsons. As new writers come in, basing characters on the exaggerated traits in their own memories as opposed to how they were actually written, one can picture Picard’s Earl Grey love being exaggerated to the same degree as both yourself and most of the commenters around here have done mentally. TVTropes calls it Flanderization, and it’s a fascinating thing, if you ask me.
I’ll admit that I’m shocked. Other stereotypes, hmm? There are catch phrases, like “I’m a doctor, not a–” or “Fascinating.” I’d be interested in accounts of how many times Kirk and Sisko engage in hand-to-hand combat (not with each other of course) and maybe a roll call of all the sexual conquests of notorious lady-killers like Kirk and Riker (or man-killers like Jadzia).
Half of it is that we remember certain things more vividly. We identify and love the quirks and little elements of humanity that someone shows that makes them relate-able way more than half the speeches or little tics of command. It’s because we always seek to find some measure of humanity. Janeways coffee, Picards tea, Archers Doggo, Siskos baseball. They’re all common things that we can identify with and love. That makes them more memorable and relate-able to us.
Star Trek is very much prone to this. Kirk, for instance, never actually said “Beam me up, Scotty!”, Bones’ line “I’m a doctor, not a(n) X” appears a grand total of four times in the Original Series (five if you count “I’m a physician, not a psychiatrist”, which can be considered the first ever usage of the line), and Spock never said “Fascinating”…
This is sort of like how people always think of the Klingons as the classic villain of the week in TOS, while in fact there are only a handful of Klingon episodes, and the lengendary Klingon battlecruiser makes visual appearances in even fewer of those episodes. The Romulans were actually a more compelling enemy in TOS (though of course they didn’t show up much either).
just watched your review of Ghost in the shell and (let the rage begin anew) I agree with you. On the other hand, I think to experience the full/most of the phylosophy, you have to forget the original movieS and watch the 2 seasons of Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. (and the crowed rages on). IF you find the time and willingness, i recommend the 2 Seasons of S.A.C. (Stand Alone Complex), as they are both visually more compelling and as complex, with (in my opinion)better music (and music from the films) and the narrativ being better structured, with a lot of Stand Alone Episodes (yes, they are called that in the series) dividing the Main narrative, exploring many different phylosophic questions aside from the What is a human? talk (ptsd for example).
Will you do a deep dive into what the constellations or the night sky look like from the vantage point of the planet in “blink of an eye”? As it is spinning so fast I would imagine the sky would always stay the same almost for someone’s entire lifetime. And they probably didn’t have any seasons etc. just thought you might like the research. Thank you always!!
I figured it was just his coffee. I mean people drink a hot cup of coffee in the morning and sometimes additionally throughout the day so didn’t think much of it. I would have like to know how often he orders it though as you mention he only actually drinks it 7 times but I don’t think it would be so well known if it wasn’t brought up more then what amounts to once a season.
I’ve never watched the show but I knew about this as a sort of catchphrase and I suddenly had the thought “Wait that would be pretty jarring if they’re constantly saying that on the show”. So I looked into it and found this article. Not really surprised it didn’t happen all that much in actuality but I am surprised it became a well known trait of the character despite it’s scarce appearances. That’s how catchphrases are sometimes, I guess. Just look at Bart Simpson.
Most people don’t really drink Earl Grey much, but we Brits drink tea pretty much continuously throughout the day, doubley so if you’re a builder! We see Americans in TV and film saying it’s too late to drink coffee and we just laugh. Tea isn’t massively caffeinated by time it gets to the cup, but at time of picking it contains more than coffee.
Now I feel bad for Patrick… Because alot of people have sent him earl grey Tea Bags as a tribute. And I honestly thought the number was gonna be higher. I’ve just seen this show so much on repeat viewings, I never noticed it was always the same 4-5 Episodes referencing it. Good thing he likes the stuff in real life, I remember a comic con panel where he was asked if he likes the drink and he said yes.
The better question is how much tea in general, not specifically earl grey, was drunk, id assume much more? I hear Ser Stewart keeps getting gifted earl grey but doesn’t actually like it! He does drink it but it needs a to be brewed with English breakfast, to basically temper the taste of the Grey. Check the convention show vids for it if you want to hear it from him!
Hmm, I wouldn’t think the raw number of episodes is the right denominator. Rather, how often does he order Earl Grey out of the times we see him in the ready room? Of course an episode that’s mostly shots of engineering and space won’t have any Earl Grey references; but in those cases we can make inferences based on the episodes that do have ready room scenes.
He’s the Captain (capitalized on purpose). He drinks exactly as much tea as he wants, as often as he wants. And no less. Are we clear? Were I the captain of anything my most common order would be “whiskey, rotgut, room temperature.” and my record of saving the ship and my people against threats like that would not be as good, Hell, no one in their right mind would allow me to be a “commanding officer” of any sort in the first place. I throw boxes. I’m good at that. What was the question again? Oh yes. Give the man his tea. Thanks!
I suggest a field of research very important : how many time a critical situation is resolve by : Reversing polarity ! Star Trek is well known for his “techno blabla”, “Reverse Polarity !” is realy a leatmotiv so … has we could say all ST NG depends on the cup of tea à JL Picard, perhaps all the technology of ST depends on the on simple action : reverse polarity ! So, thanks about this small article about the Earl Grey tea cup of Jean Luc Picard, this was my laugh of this morning XD
How many scenes are there where he has an opportunity to order the drink, and how many of those would it be appropriate to do so? You also need to take that into account He spends a lot of time on the bridge, in action scenes, and generally in situations where he’s not in a relaxed state able to order himself any beverage he likes. It’s memorable because in the rare scenes where he’s by himself, in a relaxed state, he is ordering Earl Grey.
Trouble is, People rightly assume he also drinks it while not on camera. Do that math. What percentage of his day is actually in the episodes. 10 Minutes? 15? Then you can find out how much it would take in order to get the sample size we see assuming random times. Also, Keep in mind a fair bit of tea drinkers have rituals regarding it. i.e. with breakfast and such. This part of his life would be boring and wouldn’t make it in the stories. So, No, I think most people have a good understanding of this. Not addicted but does like it.
If you want to know what Picard on the constant verge of a violent episode, you should watch “Sinnlos im Weltraum” (SiW). SiW Picard is threatening violence against his crew and different alien species constantly. Not surprising however, seeing how utterly incompetent the SiW crew is, especially SiW Riker and SiW Data. SiW Pircard even once contemplated self-destructing the ship just to be done with them. Oh and SiW Picards favorite drink is black coffee btw, followed by beer.
In the same manner that we don’t see EVERYTHING characters do on a show (for example, following the logic of this article, we would conclude that Picard has never taken a dump or never taken a piss)… we have to extrapolate the notion that since we have been exposed to the Earl Grey numerous times, we should make the connection that this happens all the time. So, yes, as far as I am concerned, the Captain has a tea every day, every shift, every time he finishes eating. I would put him at 3-7 cups a day. While on the subject… Riker is considered the “womanizer” or “ladies man” of the show… how many confirmed times do we have of Riker doing the horizontal mambo? Do we conclude he is celibate based on that? (Actually, this is a good idea for a follow up episode to this one.) I think Data has more confirmed encounters than Riker does, doesn’t he? And like many others… I am sure I am not the only one who became a life-long Earl Grey tea drinker thanks to the Captain. (Did Patrick Stewart ever get residuals from Twinnings? He damn well should have!)
For Star Trek stereotypes, how many times would you say The Borg show up on Next Generation? A dozen times? 15 times? What if I told you The Borg are only in 6 episodes in the entire series? With two of them being two-parters so really they only show up 4 times in all of Next Generation. It always seemed like more to me.
Per my favourite tool ever, scriptsearch.dxdy.name/, you did miss a few instances, most obviously (in that it was obvious the screen grab was missing) that Picard orders a cup of Earl Grey after being turned into a child in Rascals. By the count of that tool, it comes up in 11 episodes of TNG (Contagion, Pen Pals, Best of Borth Worlds Part I, Remember Me, Redemption, The Perfect Mate, Rascals, Lessons, Journey’s End, Bloodlines, All Good Things) and is successfully obtained (though perhaps not drunk) in 9 (Pen Pals, Best of Both Worlds Part I, Remember Me, Redemption, The Perfect Mate, Rascals, Journey’s End, Bloodlines, All Good Things) for 10 total successful occasions (he orders it twice in “Bloodlines”). However, some of these maybe shouldn’t count: In “Remember Me”, it’s the Picard in Beverly’s warp bubble reality who orders it, and both orders in “All Good Things” are in alternate unconfirmed/changed timelines (once unsuccessfully in the past, once in the future from Data’s maid). All Good Things does seem to confirm the idea that Picard discovered the drink sometime after Season 1 (or at least only starts drinking it regularly then); when he orders one just before the Farpoint mission in the alternate past he is told Earl Grey hadn’t yet been programmed into the Enterprise-D’s replicators. Also slightly outside the range of this, but Picard is offered Earl Grey in his Nexus fantasy in Generations and orders it at the beginning of Nemesis. Plus Garak mentions it in an episode of Deep Space 9.
Surprising. off the top of my head, suggestions. Captain Janeway’s Coffee habits, who scores with more women Kirk or Riker? Whitch Star Trek character got in to the most brawls? Kirk or some one else? Times Worf got his but klicked, Who was the best Secority officer? best Engineer, Best Doctor, how safe are transporters? how safe is the holidec? How many times was the enterprise, Voyager, Defiant, Ds9 ship destroyed including times the destruction was undone? best Star Trek pet, who really is the most annoying Star Trek character?
I don’t see any reason to assume that he’s a junkie, but I do think the established times indicate that he drinks it often, especially given that he drinks it at night. I mean, he is British, which means he probably drinks tea once a day during teatime at least. And he’s never seen wanting another variety, so it suggests Earl Gray is his tea of choice. But, seeing as most people seem to drink tea or coffee everyday, I don’t see why it’s a big deal. You can say people are addicted to caffeine, but the medical literature would call it tolerance, not addiction, as you don’t get into seeking behaviors and causing problems in your normal life.
Honestly, you need to debuk the “Kirk sleeps with everyone” thing. I wanted to make a article about it, compared to riker.. but I’m lazy. I re-watched TOS on netflix, and in the entire three seasons, I think I counted 3 total times Kirk ever actually seduced someone. There was flirting, but nothing beyond that. Riker on the other hand, is more like 5 to 10. oh and, you can even count how many times kirk actually REJECTS the advances of women, with a smile and push-away. The only “woman” kirk cares about is the Enterprise.
Well given the show came on once a week you saw maybe 30 minutes (he’s not on screen every minute of the show… 30 minutes is probably too many even) out of app. 10k minutes in a week. And the events shown are the most intense of that particular week which plays a factor into such things. So do you really think such a small sample size is enough to draw any meaningful conclusions about his habits? Scientifically speaking… not even close.
Absolutely wrong number. You didn’t give the correct number, Because you didn’t watch every episode and counted it, you just looked at how often the text comes across “earl grey tea”, but that’s not the real number. he drinks earl grey very often without having given the command to the computer or the replicator, so the tea is already on his table e.g.
Only an american could have made this article. The very premise that 10 cups of tea a day would consitute an addiction is absurd. Drinking 8 to 10 cups of tea a day is on the higher end but in no way unusual. Nor is drinking tea at night. t’s really quite weak in terms of caffeine. So it’s lots of smaller doses not a few big doses like with coffee.
They say science fiction never really predicts the future, and yet Captain Picard says “tea, earl grey, hot” in that meticulous way observed only in someone with a slightly unusual accent who’s finally figured out the exact cadence and phrasing their voice activated smart-whatever actually understands and suspects if they allow their tone to vary even one iota it’s going to interpret their drink order as a request for a live ocelot. – David Prokopetz
I wonder how many Americans actually know about Earl Grey tea, what is tastes like, how it’s served? Earl Grey is a tea blend which is flavoured with Oil of Bergamot. It is usually drunk without milk or sugar due to its very distinct taste. It is probably named after Charles Grey, the 2nd Earl Grey, the British Prime Minister from 1830 – 1834.
The thing about tea is this. Most of the cup is consumed lukewarm or at room temperature. You really have to slug it down if you want to enjoy the entire cup while it’s still hot. So that begs the question. What does Picard do with all the cups of tea that have gone cold? Does he soldier through it, or get a new cup every time? Does he beam the empty cups out into space or just include them with the regular trash beaming? Is there a sink anywhere near the Ready Room? Does he pour out the rest or just fire the full cup into the trash? We have questions.