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Premium black tea from Sri Lanka flavored with stalks of vanilla. A wonderfully smooth treat, delectable both hot and cold. If you have yet to try gourmet vanilla tea, you'll be pleasantly surprised by its superior taste. Indulge your taste buds. Give our Vanilla Tea a try.

The story of vanilla begins with the Totonaco Indians of Mexico, who were the first to unearth its secret. They fell to the Aztecs, who were in turn soon conquered by the Spaniards, under the leadership of Harnando Cortez. Cortez brought his precious plunder, including a few beans of vanilla, back to Spain. Vanilla beans are the fruit of an orchid which blooms for only one day each year. Because of this, and also because the flowers must be hand-pollinated, vanilla is the second most expensive spice on earth, after saffron.