rooibos vanilla
by adagio teas
(53 reviews)
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
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Silliest Billiest
I enjoy rooibos teas, so this one was great for me. A nice, soft flavor of vanilla.
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Kat Ikerd
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.
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Elise Easterling
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.
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Elise Easterling
The rooibos is the predominant flavor here. Vanilla comes out a bit more with the addition of milk.
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Julie W
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.
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Zell Maestro
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!
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Jen S
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.
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Celeste Stoddard
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!
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Shannon Webb
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.
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Lawrence Devore
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.
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Julee Kasserman
Very good tea. A little plain with only vanilla. I like a little bit more oomph.
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Diane Furner
Absolutely delicious, the vanilla is smooth and very tasteful. I could drink this all day.
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Lilianna Fischer
Delightfully earthy and sweet, great with honey. Soothes my period cramps away until I no longer remember I have a uterus.
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Janet Ross
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.
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woodie McWhirter
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.
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Christine Jolly
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.
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Megan Horst-Burger
The vanilla flavor is too strong for me to enjoy on it's own but combined with other teas it is alright.
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Julie Hinkle
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!
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Lilly Tryon
If you like rooibos, this is a good decaf vanilla tea. The flavors pair well together, and little to no sweetener is needed.
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Cameron Glass
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.
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Calexya
Sweet! So sweet! Added to a similarly sweet blend it truly shines. Alone, it is frankly a bit 'meh'.
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Rachel Emmel
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.
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Sleepy Greyhound
Wonderfully rich, sweet, woodsy, full-bodied with a lovely vanilla aroma. Very tasty and comforting.
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Cindi Drinks Tea
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.
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Emily K
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.
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Greg Bancroft
This kind of has that whole Rooibos = cough syrup thing going on but it's offset a bit by the vanilla. Not terrible.
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L Silva
I've got some love hate relationship with rooibos teas. This ones fine for what it is.
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shesallthat
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.
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Sheridan C.
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.
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Courtney Boell
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
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Marion Black
It’s ok by itself it really needs to be mixed with other flavors to taste good
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Rebekah Strickland
A good vanilla flavor without overwhelming tea in the background. Definitely needs sugar but little else.
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Christopher Beaty
This is my favorite tea. It is a little sweet and the vanilla plays well with the rooibos taste.
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Karie B.
I think this one would be good blending with other flavors but was sort of missing something for me on it's own.
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Jessica Deutsch
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.
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Contessa Richter
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
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Mocha Cocoa
I love that this tea does not contain caffeine so I can enjoy it anytime I want. However the added flavor is somehow artificial
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Delaney Burk
Just go for standard vanilla or a blend. The other reviews are right. There is something so artificial or chemical-y about this tea.
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Amanda
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.
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Kathleen Krantz
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!
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Sherrie Hiltenbrandt
Awesome tea! Am a huge tea fan! Love herbal, counts as water intake.
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Alyson Sheppard
Thought the flavor was pretty artificial, not a fan. Might be good for mixing into other teas though.
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Jessica Deane
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.