Organic Spice Islands Sample Sachet

Spice Islands is organic black tea with real vanilla extract, organic cinnamon and organic calendula petals. Medium bodied rather than heavy, and the vanilla is creamy rather than sugary, which is a distinction that matters if you have been put off vanilla teas before.

This is a good afternoon tea and a poor breakfast one, and four serves is enough to work out that it belongs at three in the afternoon rather than at seven in the morning. It is also the one people buy for guests, so a small size is a fair way to check it before you commit.

One teaspoon in freshly boiled water for three to four minutes. A dash of milk suits it and brings the vanilla forward considerably. No sugar needed, the cinnamon reads as sweetness on its own.

$3.50 here, $16.00 for the 100g pouch. Spice Islands in full size, and the black tea collection has the rest of the flavoured blacks.