Vanilla Tea Loose Leaf Black Tea

Name: Vanilla Tea
Brand: Rare Tea Company
Price: 13.99 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

£13.99

(35p per cup)

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50g Pouch

Quantity

Chinese Emperor’s Breakfast Black loose leaf tea blended with Ugandan vanilla powder from the Ndali Estate in Fort Portal.

This hand rolled black tea made from young and tender spring leaves and golden buds already has remarkable notes or rich toffee, butterscotch, and vanilla. The addition of the vanilla powder blended through the tea elevates it to extraordinary new heights of flavour and enjoyment.

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14 October 2021

Judith M.

Germany

Soft and well rounded flavor

For me Vanilla tea is the tea that is filled with memories most. It starts when I smell the dry tea leaves preparing the tea. And then the moment the water touches the leaves and the full aroma scents the air - and then the taste … Perfect to start a wonderful day.

06 October 2021

Catriona P.

United Kingdom

Vanilla Tea

Very nice flavourful, rich and intense tea and it keeps getting better with each infusion lovely for morning or afternoon.

22 November 2020

Timothy P.

Thailand

A brilliant blend

While I don't normally like "intruders" in my tea, the Ugandan vanilla powder that is blended with this Chinese Emperor's Breakfast Tea merely draws out the vanilla fragrance already in the tea and gives it a luscious accent. There's no sense of something being added merely for effect. In any case, the fusion is complete yet the miracle of this blend is its subtlety. It has a floral aurora overall and sits very nicely on the tongue.

22 November 2020

Aleeshia M.

Italy

A joyful cup of tea!

The vanilla tea is my afternoon pleasure. Delicate enough that it needs no milk or sugar but robust enough to pick me up when the 4 o’clock dreariness sets in. I really adore this tea and plan to purchase more when I finish!

Tasting Notes

Remarkably smooth and silky in both mouth-feel and flavour. Notes of milk chocolate, toffee, butterscotch and rich vanilla.

Quantity

Use 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water.

Temperature

For the optimum infusion use 80°C (176°F) water.

Time

Infuse for 1 to 2 minutes, tasting regularly. Best enjoyed without milk.

Infusions

You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

Cost Per Cup

35p per cup based on 2.5g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.

Uganda

Ndali Estate Vanilla

Today, the word vanilla is often used to describe something as quite ordinary or common. Ordinary does not sit well with us so we sought out the very best vanilla that we could find. At the Ndali Estate they are producing artisanal batches of some of the strongest, most delicious and rarest vanilla in the world.

always natural

Real vanilla, real flavours

Often products contain vanilla flavouring or something artificial – Vanillin, the main flavour component of cured vanilla beans can be synthesized in a multitude of ways including from pine bark and clove oil. However, most commonly from the petrochemical precursor guaiacol.

Real vanilla grows on vines, which climb up trees or poles and the majority of it is produced in Madagascar, India and China. It is the fruit or pod of the vanilla that contains tiny black seeds which contain the vanilla flavouring.

vanilla powder

The whole bean...

The vanilla powder used is made up of the whole bean – the skin, seeds, and fleshy pulp, all milled together. Only the best beans are used, and a proportion of these are covered in the rare and exquisite iridescent vanillin crystals – the strongest vanilla in the world.

Emperors Breakfast

A rare China tea crafted by masters to produce an astonishingly sweet black tea. Made from very young and tender spring leaves and golden buds that have been carefully kept whole during hand rolling.

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