Flavoured Loose Leaf Tea

Fruit Flavoured Teas

The most popular category in the collection — immediate, naturally sweet, and accessible to anyone regardless of their tea background. Natural fruit character over a quality Ceylon base produces flavoured teas that taste genuinely of the fruit rather than of flavouring compounds.

• Peach Tea — the highest-rated individual flavoured tea in the collection. A soft, ripe stone fruit character that is both refined and immediately approachable. Cold brewed overnight, it becomes one of the most naturally sweet iced teas available without a gram of added sugar.
• Mango Tea — the bestselling fruit flavoured tea in the UK collection. The tropical sweetness of ripe mango over the Ceylon base produces something that tastes genuinely of the fruit rather than of mango flavouring. Hot or cold brewed.
• Coconut Tea — a tropical, creamy dimension that makes it one of the most distinctive fruit teas available. Works beautifully as an iced tea and equally well hot on a cold morning.

Dessert & Indulgent Flavoured Teas

The most surprising end of the collection — dessert-inspired loose leaf flavoured teas that taste like their namesakes without any of the calories.

• Chocolate Truffle Tea — real cocoa nibs, chocolate pieces, and cocoa powder layered over a rich Ceylon base. 100% milk-free, genuinely chocolatey, and one of the most distinctive teas in any online collection. Nothing in a commercial tea bag range comes close.
• Butterscotch Tea — a warm, caramel-sweet flavour with genuine depth. The second-highest-rated tea in the collection and consistently one of the most popular repeat purchases — it works as an afternoon treat in a way that most dessert teas promise but few deliver.
• Chocolate Chip Tea — a lighter, sweeter take on the chocolate direction. Where Chocolate Truffle is rich and indulgent, Chocolate Chip is approachable and playful — a great starting point for anyone new to dessert-style teas.

Spiced & Warming Flavoured Teas

Spiced flavoured teas are the strongest seasonal performers in the collection — consistently the most-searched tea varieties in autumn and winter — but the best of them work year-round for anyone who prefers warming character in their daily cup.

• Sweet Cinnamon Spice Tea — the most popular spiced flavoured tea in the UK collection. A warming, naturally sweet cinnamon blend that is as appropriate for autumn and winter mornings as for an afternoon cup at any time of year. Tastes genuinely spiced rather than artificially cinnamon-flavoured.
• Pumpkin Spice Tea — the autumnal spice blend — cinnamon, nutmeg, clove — in the seasonal format that consistently generates the most search interest every September and October.

Floral & Seasonal Flavoured Teas

Floral and seasonal flavoured teas are the most naturally photogenic in the collection and some of the most distinctive — the combination of tea structure and botanical aromatics produces cups that are both beautiful and genuinely interesting to drink.

• Summer Rose Tea — a genuine rose-forward floral blend on the Ceylon base that achieves the balance most floral teas attempt and few manage: clearly rose-flavoured without tipping into perfumed or soapy territory. Cold brewed, it photographs as beautifully as it tastes.
• Christmas Tea — a warming, spiced, festive blend that is the most searched tea name in the Adagio UK range every December. The one flavoured tea people return to year after year.

Brisk and bright — Ceylon's naturally citrus-forward, clean character amplifies fruit flavours rather than competing with them. A peach flavouring over a strong Assam base fights with the malt; the same flavouring over Ceylon lets the peach lead whilst the tea provides structure.

Versatile — Ceylon works equally well with fruit, dessert, spiced, and floral additions. It doesn't carry the dominant malt of Assam or the grassiness of green tea that can limit flavour pairing options.

Whole leaf extraction — the whole-leaf format releases flavour compounds gradually across the steeping rather than flooding the cup immediately. The flavouring and the tea develop together, producing a more integrated and more complex cup than any tea bag alternative.

Flavour persistence. Natural flavour compounds are more structurally complex than artificial alternatives and release more gradually from the leaf during steeping. A naturally flavoured tea produces a cup where the flavour is present in the first steep, the second, and often the third — artificial flavouring coats the leaf surface and washes off almost entirely in the first steep.

Flavour authenticity. Natural peach flavouring tastes like peach. Natural chocolate flavouring combined with actual cocoa nibs (as in Chocolate Truffle) tastes like chocolate. Artificial alternatives approximate the flavour at the most basic level — close enough to name but not close enough to satisfy. The difference is noticeable immediately and becomes more apparent over multiple steepings.

Water temperature — 100°C, a full rolling boil. The Ceylon base requires boiling water; the natural and botanical flavouring additions don't diminish it.

Leaf quantity — one teaspoon (2g) per 250ml as a starting point. Flavoured teas are often more intense per gram than unflavoured teas, so the standard quantity works well.

Steep time — 3–4 minutes. Dessert teas (Chocolate Truffle, Butterscotch) benefit from the full 4 minutes; fruit teas (Peach, Mango) are excellent at 3 minutes.

With milk — most fruit and floral flavoured teas (Mango, Peach, Summer Rose) are better without milk. Dessert and spiced teas (Chocolate Truffle, Sweet Cinnamon Spice, Butterscotch) take a small splash of milk well. Christmas Tea is delicious either way.

Multiple steepings — quality loose leaf flavoured teas yield two good steepings from a single measure. The second steeping is often more integrated than the first — the initial intensity softens into something more balanced.

Loose Leaf Flavoured Tea as a Gift

Flavoured loose leaf tea is one of the most popular gift categories in the Adagio UK range — accessible enough to suit any recipient, specific enough to feel considered, and available across every budget. The Portions Sampler — Flavoured Teas is the most popular gift in the flavoured category: a selection of the bestselling flavoured teas in small portions that makes an excellent introduction to the range.

For anyone who wants to give a flavoured tea that will genuinely surprise and delight: Chocolate Truffle and Butterscotch together make the most unexpectedly impressive pair in the collection — the most chocolatey non-chocolate drink available alongside the best caramel-sweet tea in the range. Free delivery on qualifying orders.

Buy Loose Leaf Flavoured Tea Online

Browse all 12 loose leaf flavoured teas above — fruit teas, dessert teas, spiced teas, and floral and seasonal blends, all on a fine Ceylon black tea base, blended in-house using natural flavours and ingredients. Free delivery on qualifying orders. Buy loose leaf flavoured tea online and have it delivered from our UK warehouse. Also available in pyramid tea bag format and as cold brew iced flavoured teas .