Flavored Rooibos

With a name like this, I certainly didn't expect anything but orange flavor. However, this is the rare tea I've tried where the dry-bag, in-cup and wet-bag scents all were *much* stronger on the main flavoring than the actual taste. That's not necessarily a bad thing in this case, as all three modes of inhalation yi...

One-litre pot at home, made from leaves of rooibos sprinkled with bergamot oil and flavouring. Pours clear darkish copper brown (against white china) with no sediment. Clear aroma of rooibos leaves and bergamot oil. Bitterish and herbal flavour of rooibos leaves, with clear notes of bergamot oil. Smooth palate with an ...

Prep: 3tsp, 16oz, 200F, 5min

Aroma: Peppermint bomb. Can’t really pick up anything but a ton of peppermint. For the season, that’s A-ok in my book. 8/10

Flavor: Still a ton of peppermint but the chocolate notes fill in nicely. I don’t usually find much flavor from Rooibos and this is no exception. 7/10

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Cup at home, made from a sachet included in the tea company's Advent Tea Calendar (2020) and containing a mixture of Rooibos leaves and vanilla pods and cocoa nibs - all organic and sprinkled with natural flavour. Pours clear dark copper brown (against white china) with no sediment. Clear aroma of chocolate and rooibos...

Half-litre pot at home, made from a sample included in the tea company's Advent Tea Calendar (2020) and consisting of fine leaves of Rooibos, bits of almonds, cardamom husks and seeds and cinnamon, all sprinkled with flavour. Pours clear light copper brown (against white china) with no sediment. Clear aroma of almonds ...