Vanilla Rooibos Organic FAIR TRADE South African Red Bush Tea Bags – 80 count – Imported Natural Caffeine Free, Sweet Tasting, Antioxidant & Mineral Rich, Healthy Herbal Tea. USDA Certified 100% Organic, Fairtrade, Wupperthal Rooibos (NOT plantation grown). (Vanilla Rooibos)
Our Vanilla Rooibos blend contains hand cut pieces of the vanilla beans to get the maximum taste out of this precious crop. It gives the Rooibos a very soft taste enhancing its natural vanilla like taste making it an ideal tea for all times of the day. The Story of Rooibos It was the local
Our Vanilla Rooibos blend contains hand cut pieces of the vanilla beans to get the maximum taste out of this precious crop. It gives the Rooibos a very soft taste enhancing its natural vanilla like taste making it an ideal tea for all times of the day.
The Story of Rooibos
It was the local people who first discovered that the fine, needle-like leaves of the wild Aspalathus Linearis plant made a tasty, aromatic tea. Found nowhere else in the world but the northern Cederberg region in the Western Cape, Rooibos became a staple of health and culture for the aboriginal peoples of South Africa.
Why is Fair Trade Important?
Unfortunately, as Rooibos became popular with the white settlers in the 1800’s, the native farmers were pushed off their lands and endured over a century of oppression. Rooibos became cultivated on vast plantations and exported throughout the world. Still today over 98% of all Rooibos is plantation-grown. If your Rooibos doesn’t say Fair Trade then think again about buying it.
The Wupperthal Difference
In 1998 against all odds, Wupperthal Original Rooibos Cooperative was established. Wupperthal is a democratically organized group of small-scale farmers who have grown Rooibos in South Africa for generations. The Wupperthal farmers, having been pushed off the most fertile land in the 1800’s, now grow food in the very dry, rocky soil of the Cederberg Mountains which presents a big challenge for most of their crops. With Rooibos, however,
the slower growth and lower production has resulted in notably higher quality tea compared to plantation Rooibos. Wupperthal Rooibos tea is known throughout the industry for its superior taste and quality. And it’s guilt-free!
Product Features
- Our VANILLA ROOIBOS is made with hand-cut organic vanilla which gives this tea a SOFT TASTE that is ideal for any time of day. Grown, harvested & packaged in South Africa, then shipped immediately by air to the USA for the freshest cuppa you can imagine!
- HIGHEST QUALITY NON-PLANTATION ROOIBOS TEA AVAILABLE. Grown, harvested & packaged in South Africa, then shipped immediately by air to the USA for the freshest cuppa you can imagine!
- CERTIFIED USDA 100% ORGANIC, FAIR TRADE, GROWN ETHICALLY & SUSTAINABLY ON SMALL MINORITY OWNED FARMS. If you know anything about South Africa’s rocky history then you know how important it is to choose FAIR TRADE ROOIBOS over traditional plantation-grown brands (if you’re not sure what we’re talking about scroll to the product description and read more).
- PACKAGED IN INDIVIDUALLY SEALED STAY-FRESH PACKS to ensure absolute freshness when you need it. Each box of our organic Rooibos tea contains four (4) individual stay-fresh packs of 20 tea bags each.
- NATURALLY CAFFEINE FREE, NO CALORIES, NO ADDITIVES, NO PRESERVATIVES — NOTHING ARTIFICIAL AT ALL! Our organic Rooibos contains nothing but love and pure African Red Bush tea, which is naturally LOW IN TANNINS and HIGH IN MINERALS & ANTIOXIDANTS.
A PM tea drinker staple! As I tea lover, I was excited to try Wupperthal’s rooibos vanilla tea at a discounted price for an authentic and unbiased review. I drink tea by the boatloads, so I was instantly allured by the 80 count tea bag. This product is organic and fair trade, so that also appealed to me. I got a freebie sample of lemon grass tea –yum! Upon opening the box of vanilla rooibos, I was greeted by a sweet aroma of vanilla. This was surprising as there were four bundles of tea bags, all safety…
Very sweet and strong tea! Won’t need to steep as long or use a lot of sugar! I received this tea for a discounted price in exchange for my unbiased review.
Great organic tea, refreshing and mild to the taste. This is my second box of Rooibos but this time tried the one w/ vanilla flavor. The blend is the same as the regular one and steeping in hot water is quick and fast. Although I was looking for that vanilla taste. It was too subtle. I would always use 2 tea bags at a time for a great tasting 10 oz cup of tea…I can’t distinguish the flavor between this and the plain one. It tastes just the same. Overall, I do enjoy having organic tea every day.