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rooibos vanilla

type: herbal

origin: africa south africa rooibos

variety: rooibos

ingredients: rooibos vanilla flavor

caffeine: no-caffeine

price level: $$$$

Our Rooibos Vanilla combines the rich and warm dark sugar aroma of vanilla with mellow and grounding Rooibos herb from South Africa. Soothing, sweet and very 'beany' vanilla fragrance (like warm sugar cookies made with fresh vanilla beans). Naturally caffeine free! Steep at 212°F for 5 minutes

Recent reviews

    • 

      A bit on the mild side on its own, but can really shine with the addition of sugar and a bit of milk to add some creaminess. A little cinnamon sprinkled on top adds a bit of a kick and flavor notch.

    • 

      After trying this one again, I added a pinch of salt and sweetener and milk to make the vanilla come out more. It is good but the rooibos is still the dominant flavor.

    • EE

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      The rooibos is the predominant flavor here. Vanilla comes out a bit more with the addition of milk.

    • 

      Lovely blend of vanilla flavor and the woodsy taste of rooibos. I love this as a latte with just a bit of oat milk, cinnamon and stevia. yum! Makes a nice base for tea blends as well.

    • 

      The vanilla is a bit lacking on this one, but if you have some of this and find it boring on its own, a recommendation I might make is to blend it with the orange roobois to make a creamsicle tea - turned out pretty good for me!

    • 

      I'm a fan of rooibos. 5 min @ 212. Nice smooth flavor. The vanilla takes the rooibos up a notch. I drank it too fast for it to even cool down. I will definitely be trying it iced.

    • 

      Absolutely. Love. This. Tea! The vanilla lightly sweetens the rooibos and creates a simple yet wonderful tisane result. I'm a big fan of all adagio tea rooibos/honeybush flavors but this is a favorite one. Simply perfect cup of rooibos!

    • 

      Not bad. Tastes more like a classic rooibos to me as I did not get any vanilla notes. I ended up adding milk to it after taste testing.

    • LD

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      Vanilla one of my favorite flavors. This tea could have used more vanilla. A little more would have pushed it over the top for me. a nice subtle tea.

    • 

      Very good tea. A little plain with only vanilla. I like a little bit more oomph.

    • 

      Absolutely delicious, the vanilla is smooth and very tasteful. I could drink this all day.

    • LF

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      Delightfully earthy and sweet, great with honey. Soothes my period cramps away until I no longer remember I have a uterus.

    • 

      Vanilla is a good flavor to pair with red rooibos, a tea I normally don’t care for. I thought this was quite good with some sweetener added. I steeped at 190 degrees for 5 minutes.

    • W

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      I love rooibos and flavored rooibos are even better. The Vanilla Rooibos is mild and earthy with a warm vanilla bean sugar cookie smell and taste. I use some sweetener and adagio rooibos honey.

    • 

      It was difficult to taste the vanilla flavoring, even with the honey meant for rooibos tea. I think this might work as a supporting tea in a blend though.

    • KO

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      This has a mild vanilla flavor that is great to drink right after dinner.

    • 

      The vanilla flavor is too strong for me to enjoy on it's own but combined with other teas it is alright.

    • 

      I love this warm tea, especially with snickerdoodle cookies!

    • JH

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      I think it is funny to read reviews of this tea from folks who are not fans of Roobios. I do like Roobios and I do like this blend with vanilla. It does taste a bit like sugar cookies to me and I do enjoy it!

    • 

      If you like rooibos, this is a good decaf vanilla tea. The flavors pair well together, and little to no sweetener is needed.

    • CK

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      The vanilla in this blend is almost cloyingly sweet, whereas the rooibos base is too olive-y for the two to play nicely as one. I'm admittedly not a rooibos fan but this one is really not my favorite.

    • 

      Sweet! So sweet! Added to a similarly sweet blend it truly shines. Alone, it is frankly a bit 'meh'.

    • 

      The flavor of vanilla does a good job of enriching the woody rooibos. Together they are a really 'warm' flavor. Good on it's own, but probably even better in dessert blends.

    • 

      Wonderfully rich, sweet, woodsy, full-bodied with a lovely vanilla aroma. Very tasty and comforting.

    • 

      This tastes horrible to me, although I admittedly am NOT a fan of rooibos in any way, shape, or form. Red rooibos actually makes me nauseous when I drink it. This one has a very artificial vanilla taste that does not mask the awful roo flavor. I love Adagio to death! but this one is a big "hellz no" for me, yuk.

    • 

      This was the tea that made me love rooibos tea. It's warm, comforting and sweet. It's my go-to when looking for something caffeine free that isn't too light tasting or floral.

    • 

      This kind of has that whole Rooibos = cough syrup thing going on but it's offset a bit by the vanilla. Not terrible.

    • 

      I've got some love hate relationship with rooibos teas. This ones fine for what it is.

    • 

      I like green rooibos but not red rooibos as in this case. The vanilla which I normally love does nothing to make this tea enjoyable.

    • 

      It smells strongly of cough syrup when brewed but tastes nothing like how it smells. It is a great bedtime tea and tastes best after it has cooled for a bit.

    • 

      This is ok as is but I don't think I would choose to drink it alone. This is a little creamier than a straight rooibos, but not much.

      Brewed at 212F for 5min

    • 

      It’s ok by itself it really needs to be mixed with other flavors to taste good

    • 

      Good for a blend, but alone this tea falls flat for me.

    • 

      A good vanilla flavor without overwhelming tea in the background. Definitely needs sugar but little else.

    • CB

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      This is my favorite tea. It is a little sweet and the vanilla plays well with the rooibos taste.

    • 

      I think this one would be good blending with other flavors but was sort of missing something for me on it's own.

    • JD

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      I love adding this tea to fruity teas or strong black teas. The vanilla flavor is subtle, but it adds another level to the overall flavor profile when added to other teas. I've found it to be quite robust and can steep in at any temperature/time combination that other teas require.

    • 

      This one is just middle of the road for me unfortunately. I love vanilla but I'm not a fan of rooibos but I have found that if I cold steep it it is ok. The problem is the vanilla. I really want that creamy rich vanilla taste

    • 

      The vanilla flavor in this comes through really well.

    • 

      I love that this tea does not contain caffeine so I can enjoy it anytime I want. However the added flavor is somehow artificial

    • 

      Just go for standard vanilla or a blend. The other reviews are right. There is something so artificial or chemical-y about this tea.

    • 

      I did not like this tea. It tasted very artificial

    • 

      I love rooibos but the flavor tastes like chemical. I’d rather have it plain

    • 

      This smells like delicious vanilla sugar cookies in the bag, but I found the vanilla flavor to be a little more faint that I had expected once brewed. I primarily like using this to mix into other blends.

    • AL

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      This is my everyday tea. I find the vanilla to be subtle enough that I don't get tired of it.

    • KK

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      Another amazing tea in my first shipment with the club. I would not have purposely ordered this on my own, but it is now my favorite dessert tea! It even told Chai! Thank you Adagio for introducing us. I think it will be a beautiful relationship!

    • BD

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      The rooibos is good, but the vanilla tastes very artificial.

    • 

      I love the rooibos taste, but the vanilla flavoring tastes very artificial.

    • SH

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      Awesome tea! Am a huge tea fan! Love herbal, counts as water intake.

    • 

      Thought the flavor was pretty artificial, not a fan. Might be good for mixing into other teas though.

    • 

      love the vanilla notes on this one...will buy again

    • 

      When I first started drinking tea, vanilla tea was exclusively what I drank. Although I've branched away from that, it's nice to go back to a staple occasionally. This is a good vanilla tea, without being basic.