Rooibos Fruits Rouges

Sipdown! (14 | 87)

Another one from Courtney. I think I only have one left after this – yay for sipping down swap samples!

I believe this is the rooibos version of a black tea I have called Charlotte aux Fruits Rouges, which Dammann doesn’t seem to carry anymore. Unfortunately, I don’t like this quite as much…

Don’t get me wrong, it’s perfectly tasty. There’s a jammy, strawberry-heavy red fruits flavor that goes well with the woody rooibos base. But I feel like I don’t get a whole lot of the biscuit here. I wonder if the rooibos is overpowering it or something? I remember there being more buttery biscuit goodness in the black version. It also tastes like there’s a hint of lavender, which is something I also found in another red fruits tea from Dammann.

I’ll have to pull the other one out and enjoy it before it doesn’t have any flavor left!

I didn’t really realize how close I was getting to a sipdown for this tea. The rooibos flavour is there slightly, but the fruit and pastry notes do a nice job of mellowing it out, while bringing it all together. This one is similar to the Paul & Virginie rooibos, but the added pastry note makes all the difference. I would definitely re-order this one in a future DF order.