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I grew up in Canada and this is one of the only teas I knew back then. I recently went back and tried it again with a little milk. It was very weak and, while not unpleasant, it was certainly lackluster.

Someone said that this reminded them of coffee. While it doesn’t taste like coffee at all, it brews up to a similar color and there is in fact something about the flavor that could satisfy a coffee drinker (I know because I am a coffee addict). That said, it is still a dessert tea and it definitely does taste like both chocolate and hazelnut. I’m not sure if I would compare it to nutella, but maybe I would if I were into adding sugar to my tea. I had it with just a splash of milk and I think it might be my favorite tea at the moment.

As others have mentioned, the rooibos is the predominant flavor, though there is a mellow vanilla and a mellow cinnamon presence. They are just in the background is all. I ordered 100 bags of this over Amazon without ever having tried it before and at first I was regretting my decision. I think the sarsaparilla gives it a weird smell when it is dry. However, once I tried it brewed, I liked it fine and over the past six months or so, it has grown on me. So, will all 100 bags be used? I think so. But, will I be buying this one again? Probably not. It is good enough, but there are other tisanes out there that I prefer to this one.

I was given this tea as a gift for Christmas last year and I have been slowly savoring it. I’m now down to my last four sachets. I take it unsweetened with a little milk and it is perfect. The bergamot taste is perfectly strong without being too much. I’ll miss this tea when I finish it.

This tea is pretty good, but I was expecting a little less of the grassy green tea taste and a little more fruit. I find the fruit flavors to be subtle though it is definitely present. I have been drinking it as is without any sweetener. It is far from being a favorite of mine, but I have been enjoying it well enough.

This tea is really nothing fancy but it is delicious all the same. I like it steeped for about a minute and a half. Two minutes is fine too, but any longer than that and the tannins take over. I then sweeten it with a 1/4 tsp of sugar and a splash of whole milk.

I bought a four ounce tin of this a few weeks ago and I can’t stop drinking it. It is an excellent dessert tea. That said, I taste mostly black currant, vanilla, and caramel. The bergamot is there, but barely. I have been drinking this with a splash of whole milk and nothing else. I can definitely see myself buying more of this in the future.