Café Latte is a complex blend of broken cocoa bits, vanilla chocolate chips, and coffee beans that create a tea that's sweet and creamy with added notes of vanilla. An alternative to your morning coffee. Flavor: chocolate, sweet, vanilla Ingredients: *Caffeine 

All about Café Latte, Loose Leaf Black Tea

What it’s like, and how to make it

CaffeineMedium caffeine
TypeBlack
FlavourCoffee, chocolate, vanilla
CharacterBold, sweet
What’s in itblack tea, broken cocoa bits, sliced almond, vanilla, chocolate chips, coffee beans

Perfect for

  • Waking up
How to brew it
  • 212°F / 100°C
  • Steep 3–5 minutes
  • Use 1 tsp per 8oz
  • Past five minutes it turns bitter
  • Takes milk better than any other leaf

Beyond the cup

Brew double strength with steamed milk for a tea latte that converts coffee drinkers. Steep into cream for a latte-flavored ice cream base. Works in any recipe that calls for a coffee concentrate – swap in a strong brew of this.

  • Café Latte loose leaf tea, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration
  • Illustration: Café Latte with the terrace of Les Deux Magots on the Left Bank of Paris in the 1940s
  • Illustration of Café Latte in The Tea & Spice Shoppe pouch, with the terrace of Les Deux Magots on the Left Bank of Paris in the 1940s
  • Café Latte - The Tea & Spice Shoppe
  • Café Latte - The Tea & Spice Shoppe

What’s in it

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

  • Tea · Contains caffeine

    Black Tea

    Camellia sinensis

    The leaf of one evergreen shrub, fully oxidised. Black, green, white and oolong tea are all Camellia sinensis; what separates them is what is done to the leaf in the hours after it is picked. Black tea is withered, rolled to break the cells open,...

    Malt, honey, dark amber; brisk and full, with tannin enough to take milk

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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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  • Flavouring · Caffeine-free

    Vanilla

    Vanilla planifolia

    The cured seed pod of an orchid, and the second-most expensive spice in the world after saffron. Twelve products carry it. In a blend vanilla does something no other ingredient does: it makes everything beside it taste rounder and sweeter without adding sugar, which is...

    Sweet, creamy and floral with a woody depth; it rounds out everything beside it

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  • Flavouring · Contains a little caffeine

    Cocoa

    Theobroma cacao

    Ground cacao with most of the cocoa butter pressed out — powder rather than pieces, and the thing that actually makes a cup taste of chocolate rather than of roasted beans. Four products carry it. Worth knowing: Dutch-process cocoa has been treated with an alkali,...

    Deep roasted chocolate, bittersweet; Dutch-processed is darker and milder, natural cocoa sharper and fruitier

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  • Flavouring · Contains a little caffeine

    Chocolate

    Theobroma cacao

    Chocolate chips or pieces — cacao that has been conched, sweetened and set, which is a different ingredient again from nibs or powder. Two products carry it. In a hot infusion it melts rather than steeps, which means it sweetens the cup as well as...

    Sweet roasted chocolate; it melts into the cup rather than infusing, adding richness and body

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  • Flavouring · Contains caffeine — about 1.2 per cent in the dry bean, and robusta 40 to 50 per cent more than arabica

    Coffee

    Coffea arabica, C. canephora

    Roasted coffee beans, in a tea blend. Three products carry them, including one with decaf beans. It is an unusual thing to do and it works for a specific reason: coffee's roasted bitterness sits underneath a black tea the way cocoa does, and it makes...

    Roasted and bitter with a dark caramel depth; it sits under a black tea the way cocoa does

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What it goes with

For the coffee-curious. Rich enough for a tea latte, bold enough for breakfast. Pair with our Cinnamon and Vanilla Bean for a spiced latte setup.

Reviews

What the time-travelers say

5.0 from 2 reviews of this one, and 206 of the shop’s 213 are five stars

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Café Latte

Cafe Late

Hi Diana, how strange that you didn’t receive my review. Anyway as per request about Cafe Late, I find this tea quite interesting,…

Hi Diana, how strange that you didn’t receive my review. Anyway as per request about Cafe Late, I find this tea quite interesting, I like the blend of coffee beans, chocolate chips combined with tea leaves. It has the aroma of coffee with the smooth flavour of the chocolate chips. The aroma is of coffee but has the taste of tea, how cool is that?

— S F. Verified

Café Latte

Lovely and creamy

This tea is delicious and creamy and flavourful. Just like a latte =)

— Dallas

Café Latte

Cafe Late

Hi Diana, how strange that you didn’t receive my review. Anyway as per request about Cafe Late, I find this tea quite interesting,…

Hi Diana, how strange that you didn’t receive my review. Anyway as per request about Cafe Late, I find this tea quite interesting, I like the blend of coffee beans, chocolate chips combined with tea leaves. It has the aroma of coffee with the smooth flavour of the chocolate chips. The aroma is of coffee but has the taste of tea, how cool is that?

— S F. Verified

Café Latte

Lovely and creamy

This tea is delicious and creamy and flavourful. Just like a latte =)

— Dallas

Café Latte

Cafe Late

Hi Diana, how strange that you didn’t receive my review. Anyway as per request about Cafe Late, I find this tea quite interesting,…

Hi Diana, how strange that you didn’t receive my review. Anyway as per request about Cafe Late, I find this tea quite interesting, I like the blend of coffee beans, chocolate chips combined with tea leaves. It has the aroma of coffee with the smooth flavour of the chocolate chips. The aroma is of coffee but has the taste of tea, how cool is that?

— S F. Verified

Café Latte

Lovely and creamy

This tea is delicious and creamy and flavourful. Just like a latte =)

— Dallas

Jamaican Curry Powder

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

Peach White, Organic

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

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

Dill Weed

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

Detox Tea, Organic

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

Blueberry Bang Rooibos

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

English Breakfast Decaf

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

Toffee Olé

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

Assam Estate CTC BOP

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

Ayurvedic Throat Coat

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

Ayurvedic Breathe Deep

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, Organic

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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