Blood Orange Vanilla Rooibos Tea, Loose Leaf, 16 Ounce

Oh My Gosh! The Blood Orange Vanilla Rooibos Tea, Loose Leaf is AMAZING! I have bought a few other flavors of loose leaf tea from this company and not one hasn't knocked me off my feet with flavor! The tea is so fresh smelling, and incredibly rich in flavor as well as color. The little pieces of blood orange and vanilla are deeply flavorful. I make this tea on the stove in a large pasta pot using about 1/2 cup. I bring to boil, let rest until cool enough to transfer into glass pitchers to refrigerate and drink throughout the days. I then fill half of the pot back up and once again boil. The flavor is less, but still very good. Then I use the leftover tea in my garden soil. This is such an outstanding product. I can't recommend it enough.

This has been a lovely addition to our refrigerator. I make 2 gallons at a time. 10 bags gives a lovely amount of flavor. Very pleased with quality, lake of caffeine and flavor

Great taste

First off: the amount of tea you get for the price is phenomenal. This will last me for quite a while, and I usually drink one large mug of tea a day.(Probably the equivalent of 2 regular cups) I also consider myself a tea-lover and I appreciate a good, high quality tea, and selectively drink loose leaf. Now, for the quality, I will say it's not quite as on par as my more premium loose leaf teas that I get from trustworthy local specialty tea shops (not a national chain, I have mixed feelings about those) but again for the price it's quite a bargain. For example, it's less than half the price of my better teas, but I would say the quality is around 3/4-ish+, so to me this is a solid, every day tea. I would repurchase. The tea I got was the Blood Orange Vanilla Rooibos, and I was pleasantly surprised that it actually contains hibiscus and rosehips, which give it a tangy and almost sweet aftertaste. So far I'm not getting much/any vanilla, but it's possible that the bag settled in shipment and I'm getting mostly orange peels at the top of the bag, which would overpower the taste. Personally to me this is no problem as I enjoy a good citrus rooibos blend and I got this tea primarily for the blood orange. I can also see (taste?) this being a good iced tea with a longer steep time to bring out more of a heavy citrus tangy flavor. The rooibos in this is okay--the needles aren't as uniform and uncrushed as I'd like, but it does not give a dusty taste to the tea. Minor detail: but I love the packaging. Personally, I find the off-white/dark blue logo visually appealing, and the bag looks cute on my desk/countertop as it is.

Overall, really enjoy this tea. It has a great taste, it smells great. Its a great tea dont misunderstand i gave it 4 stars for a reason, im just going to pick out the couple things i dont like about it. Cons : 1.Clear packaging While it is great to look at Light and Heat variation will destroy tea. So having a clear package that is also no light reflective and dark tea that is very prone to light absorption causing heat changes frequently if not stored in a cabinet or a tea tin (which still shouldnt be left in the open but regardless) it is just very impractical to have such packaging. That being said keep it in a cabinet or tea tin anyway if you care about your tea. 2. The "lemon-vanilla flavoring" Frankly makes me a little upset that im buying an "organic tea" and still getting an artificial flavoring. (correct me if im wrong and ill remove this, but the word "flavoring" just screams artificial to me). Really not a huge fan of this. 3. Sort of hard to get a consistent cup because of the much much heavier and finer tea sinking to the bottom, while the apple chunks and stuff are much larger and more coarse sitting at the top. So i get like 80% herbal and 20% rooibos. I feel breaking down the extras that add flavor would help alot (though i see why its not done so you dont get that weird "tea dust" stuff). 4. Apple Chunks I find it kind of an odd choice, im not against "different" but these didnt feel like they contributed much to the citrusy mellow flavor it was supposed to have. If anything it makes it imbalanced with a more bitter edge (this tea is by no means bitter at all.) But it should be a more sweet-neutral similar to the way it smells and the apple bits dont feel like they contribute the the flavor spectrum i enjoy this tea for. I feel like a more appropriate flavor would be apricot or nectarine or peach or something to that effect to round it out better if thats the aim of the apple. Despite what ive said, i still love it, and im still digging through it.

I really enjoy the flavor & quality of this non caffeinated product. The mild orange citrus aroma & tastiness of this tea makes a lovely warm drink for winter mornings. Also being non caffeinated I can drink it prior to bedtime.

Great alternative to drinking soft drinks.

Tastes good