Butter Toffee is a delicious blend of rooibos tea infused with sweet notes of creamy caramel. Healthy choices don't get any easier.

All about Butter Toffee, Loose Leaf Rooibos Tea

What it’s like, and how to make it

CaffeineCaffeine free
TypeRooibos
FlavourCaramel
CharacterSweet
What’s in itrooibos, caramel, calendula petals, almond pieces

Perfect for

  • Kids
  • Beginners
  • Dessert
How to brew it
  • 212°F / 100°C
  • Steep 5–7 minutes
  • Use 1–2 tsp per 8oz
  • Cannot over-steep: no tannins, so no bitterness however long you leave it

Beyond the cup

Steep into cream for a toffee panna cotta. Infuse into a simple syrup for drizzling over apple pie, ice cream, or pancakes. Brew strong and add to caramel sauce for a tea-toffee hybrid. Infuse into butter for the most indulgent shortbread you’ve ever made.

  • Butter Toffee loose leaf tea, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration
  • Illustration: Butter Toffee with an English village sweet shop of the early 1900s
  • Illustration of Butter Toffee in The Tea & Spice Shoppe pouch, with an English village sweet shop of the early 1900s
  • Butter Toffee - The Tea & Spice Shoppe
  • Butter Toffee - The Tea & Spice Shoppe

What’s in it

Every herb in the blend, and where to read about it on its own.

  • Herb · Caffeine-free

    Calendula

    Calendula officinalis

    The pot marigold — not to be confused with the ornamental marigolds of the genus Tagetes, which have their own profile here. Calendula's reputation is largely topical, and as a tea ingredient the picture shifts: its most talked-about compounds, the faradiol triterpenoids, are fat-soluble and...

    Mild, slightly peppery, earthy, mildly bitter — provides golden color to blends

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  • Tea · Caffeine-free

    Rooibos

    Aspalathus linearis

    Not tea. Rooibos is a needle-leaved shrub of the pea family that grows in one mountain range in the Western Cape and nowhere else, and since 2021 the name has been legally reserved for it. It is the base of thirty-three products here for one...

    Honey, dried fruit and vanilla with a little wood; smooth, naturally sweet, never bitter. Green rooibos is malty and slightly grassy

    Learn more Sold on its own

  • Flavouring · Caffeine-free

    Caramel

    Sugar, cooked until it browns. Five products carry caramel pieces, and it is the most straightforwardly indulgent thing in the catalogue: it brings butterscotch sweetness and a slight bitterness that gives a dessert tea its edge. Caramel pieces dissolve into the cup rather than steeping,...

    Butterscotch sweetness with a faint burnt-sugar bitterness behind it

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  • Nut & seed · Caffeine-free

    Almond

    Prunus amygdalus

    Sliced or chopped almond pieces — thirteen products carry them, always in the dessert direction. In a tea blend almond brings a marzipan sweetness and a real richness that reads as creamy even in a cup with no milk in it, which is why it...

    Marzipan sweetness with a soft, buttery richness; reads as creamy even without milk

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What it goes with

Liquid toffee. Sip alongside caramel desserts, butterscotch, or apple crumble. Pair with our Cinnamon and Pumpkin Pie Spice for autumn baking, or our Vanilla Bean for a candy-shop evening.

Reviews

What the time-travelers say

5.0 from 1 review of this one, and 206 of the shop’s 213 are five stars

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Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea …

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea itself is. 10/10 would order again

— Oles G. Verified

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea …

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea itself is. 10/10 would order again

— Oles G. Verified

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea …

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea itself is. 10/10 would order again

— Oles G. Verified

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea …

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea itself is. 10/10 would order again

— Oles G. Verified

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea …

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea itself is. 10/10 would order again

— Oles G. Verified

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea …

Fantastic packaging with a lovely personalised note on the inside is just the cherry on top of how wonderful and aromatic the tea itself is. 10/10 would order again

— Oles G. Verified

Great products and great service

I had a slight mix up on my order, they were quick to reply and correct my order with no issues. Amazing service and great…

I had a slight mix up on my order, they were quick to reply and correct my order with no issues. Amazing service and great products.

— Nick C. Verified

Great tea

A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very…

A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very tasty!

— Zoe R. Verified

Maple Peach

The maple peach is delicious. What a beautiful combination. I will most definitely order it again, and a higher quantity of it.

— Gerda S. Verified

Always handy

I use dillweed often. This dill is fresh and has a nice aroma. I use it in marinades, salad dressings, and on fish. Good stuff.

— Jennifer D. Verified

Great stuff

This has helped my household a lot with circulation and alertness when we had it everyday. Will be ordering again soon. Thanks

— Dave G. Verified

Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product.…

Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product. 10/10!!

— Erin Poeta P. Verified

Delicious

I love this black tea, it has a really nice smooth flavour and love how it’s Swiss water method decaf. Will be buying again!

— Jessica A. Verified

Great flavorful tea

Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite…

Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite flavorful.

— Joel R. Verified

Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a…

Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a flavoured tea!!!

— Ted H. Verified

teas

love , love, love and they shipping is very fast. the headache tea works great, the throat coat tea works great as well

— Miranda A. Verified

4 stars

It worked beautifully; perhaps if I add a little more honey, it would make it better… It is a wellness tea, after all!

— Merrilee B. Verified

Bancha with a splash of lemon

A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an…

A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an enjoyable second cup!

— Monika F. Verified

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