Honeybush Banana Nut Customer Reviews

I may be undercutting my credibility, but I didn't know until recently that honeybush and rooibos were different. I'm not a huge fan of rooibos, but I love this! It has none of the medicinal notes of rooibos. And the banana nut flavor is incredible: not remotely artificial, it smells and tastes like banana bread with toasted walnuts. The flavor is a bit milder than the smell, but that's probably on me: I didn't follow the instructions and my ratio of dry tea to water was too low.

10 min steep · 212°F

This is my all time favorite. It is a perfect cup of dessert after meals, add a little honey and warm milk and you have a masterpiece!

This one does smell and taste like to me like banana nut bread. Something to enjoy without the sugar, fat and calories! Second steep wasn't as flavorful as the first one yet still had a light flavor to it. I really enjoyed it.

5 min steep · 212°F

The weirdest cup I've drank - in a good way. I didn't think it was possible to have a loaf of banana bread in tea form, but this is it. Warm and inviting, the scent of nuts and banana is so prevalent that it feels like a dessert. Do yourself a favor and give it a shot, order at least the sample.

5 min steep · 212°F

Surprised that I like this tea, but the nuttiness really makes the cup.

5 min steep · 212°F

Such a great tea. More of a dessert tea as it is sweet.

This literally could not taste more like banana nut bread, if you have a craving and you’re trying to cut calories, this will
be your fix! My entire office smelled it and now want to buy!

3 min steep · 212°F

One of my first favorite teas I tried. This is a keeper in my stock

Love this tea! It makes a great treat instead of grabbing a baked good.

This is delicious it tastes like banana bread. The only thing I don't like is you have to use twice as much tea as normal in order to get enough flavor so ends up being more spendy.

This tea was okay. Not one of my standout favorites, but for a one-time change up of the regulars, it was okay.

3 min steep · 210°F

Oh yes, this is a great one. Love this one after dinner. It’s like a dessert. I often add a touch of almond milk after steeping for 3 minutes.

3 min steep · 212°F

A bit too sweet at first but the taste gets a bit better as you continue to drink it

Tried this one tonight because I like herbals at night. This one is very flavorful in my opinion. You can really taste and smell the banana and nut but not overpowering. I'll be buying a full bag

3 min steep · 212°F

I've been wanting to try this one, so I was glad this popped up on CommuniTEA!  The dry tea smelled nice, included a mild natural type ripe banana aroma, and all ingredients appeared to be in the packet.  Honeybush is a great base for this tea with its toasted nuttiness, natural bit of sweetness and sort of bready or baked good flavor/quality.  Adding a little bit of honey brought out a bit more of the mild banana, cinnamon and mild chocolate notes.  It brings out a bit more of the caramel-y nuttiness from the chestnut flavor, too!  What a comforting, cozy cup of well balanced flavors!  I would definitely buy this in the future.  

4 helpful votes

I loooooove this tea so much! It tastes great with nothing added.

Part of the February 2021 CommuniTEA box. The moment I saw banana flavor as part of the ingredients list, I knew I was in for a treat. This is a very decadent tea, relaxing and homey as well. Somehow the universe knew I was in need of this tea - it’s so wonderful after a hard shift.

Not a banana fan, but still liked this tea, the flavour was subtle

4 helpful votes

I was skeptical with today's Communitea which was completely unjustified. Opening the packet released the aroma of banana bread and it was heavenly. I still was unsure if the flavor would translate, but it was spot on! This tea isn't one I would drink regularly, but it was absolutely delicious and followed through on its promise! I would definitely keep some around for when I was craving a dessert like tea.

1 helpful votes

Really good stuff. Strong banana flavor. This smells really good. Did 212 F for about 10 minutes. Still was good for a second steep.

I've been sort of on the fence about honeybush, since it's related to rooibos, which I can't stand, but this tea is AMAZING and DELICIOUS! It really does taste like a banana muffin with no weird smells or aftertastes. No complaints about this tea. Five full stars from me ♥️♥️♥️

3 helpful votes

There's no better smell than homemade banana bread baking, and maybe no better comfort food than a slice of that warm, buttery bread right out of the oven. Adagio has managed to capture that aroma and flavor in this tea.

26 helpful votes

Hate bananas with a firey passion. The smell was overwhelming upon opening my communitea packets. Hard pass for me.

1 helpful votes

I love banana bread! So I was excited to try this tea out. When I opened the communitea packet it smelled divine! Nutty & banana-y lol, and I had a good mix of all the ingredients.
Thankfully the banana flavor is not candy-like, like laffytaffy. The flavor is a good likeness to banana bread - not a perfect one to one, but it’s similar enough to bring it to connect the dots.
Besides the chestnut, the honeybush also brings its natural woody sweetness to the party. It actually helps hammer in the ‘bread’ or ‘baked goods’ aspect of the flavor for me.
Sugar helps enhance the flavors, but since honeybush is naturally sweet one has to be careful not to oversweeten it. Milk or cream are also a welcome addition.
Steeped 212 5min

7 helpful votes

Really enjoyed this one and it was a great dessert tea. Didn't taste artificial and had a great balance of banana, but, and honey tastes.

Glad I was able to try this through the CommuniTEA to see what all the fuss is about! I am not a fan of banana or banana bread (which this tea is often compared to) but my husband is, so we shared. Neither of us tasted banana or nut while hot. He was a bit disappointed; this smelled better than it tasted to him. As it cooled I started to get more “banana” but it was not a very natural flavor. Strangely the overall flavor was of maple syrup, though I don’t see how? It was not bad, but overly sweet for us with no substance.

14 helpful votes

I'm not a huge banana fan, but I absolutely love this herbal honeybush blend. It's balanced quite well, as none of the notes are overpowering. This one definitely surprised me! Brewed at 212°F for 5 minutes.

1 helpful votes

I really enjoy this tea even though the banana flavor isn't super strong.

1 helpful votes

When I opened the packet this tea have a very banana nut bread smell. Drinking this tea also reminds me of banana bread. While I'm a fan of banana bread I don't really care for it as a tea.

Yum! This tea really tastes like banana bread with a hint of chocolate. This is dessert in a cup. Love it.

This is a pleasantly sweet tea that isn't overpowering! I usually don't like banana flavour but this one is rounded out really well by the nutty-ness! A great dessert tea.

This tea heavily features banana (which I absolutely detest), so I personally wasn't enthused about it. However, I can 100% advocate this tea for people who even somewhat enjoy banana. I couldn't separate my distaste for the most distinctive of yellow fruits but if I could've I know I would have LOVED this tea.

13 helpful votes

I enjoyed this tea. It's warming, sweet and nutty. Like others have said, this definitely tastes like banana bread.

Delish. Tasted just like banana bread. It was like drinking desert.

1 helpful votes

What a fantastic tasting tea that could be a dessert tea but isn’t too sweet and works during the day too. I prefer this tea hot and not iced. I could smell this tea all day long, it’s really delightful!

May 19, 2020 This tea was a real surprise to me. I really enjoyed it! It's like banana bread in a cup. I added a tiny bit of honey.
Feb 23, 2021 I love this tea! I sometimes add Butterscotch(tea) with cream and sugar...sooo good! Satisfies sweet tooth!

35 helpful votes

This was my first time drinking Honeybush tea. This tea tastes just like banana nut bread! It's like drinking a dessert! The more I drank it, the more the taste grew on me. I don't think it's a tea I'd purchase or drink regularly, but I enjoyed the novelty of it.

I don't really like banana flavored anything, so I gave this tea to someone else. They really enjoyed it, and agreed with the popular sentiment that it tasted like banana bread or pancakes.

5 helpful votes

The CommuniTEA packet for the day contained one of our favorites: honeybush banana nut! The scent of bananas and chestnut wafted out of the package like opening the oven after making banana bread.

Brewed as a standard herbal tea for 7 mins at 212°F made a toasty amber tisane. The flavor is a great blend of banana, chestnut, and honeybush. The flavors mingle together to form liquid banana bread!

This one is great when paired with actual banana bread too! It's such a calming and fully flavored honeybush blend, with zero caffeine so it's perfect for the afternoon or night. Now if only we still had some bananas lying around to make bread with...

(7 mins @ 212°F)

8 helpful votes

This is a very flavorful tea, I find it delightful in the afternoons when I need to watch my caffeine intake. It also makes a great Latte with a bit of sugar or honey and some milk foam. A dash of cocoa on the top and your good to go!

Wow! I was surprised at how wonderful this tea was. It was a great late afternoon 'snack' since it tasted of banana bread, and for once I was grateful to have something decaf as it was a good afternoon tea for me.

Bananas are not my favorite, but I do love honeybush. This tisane is naturally sweet and a little nutty flavored. The banana flavoring isn't overpowering, so was quite nice.

16 helpful votes

I must admit I was skeptical about banana flavor in a tea, especially since banana flavoring rarely lives up to the actual fruit. But this tea didn't disappoint!

The dry tea does smell convincingly of banana bread, and after a 5 minute steep the reddish brew has toasty, sweet, and nutty aromas. Honeybush is the perfect base for this tea, providing a sweet smoothness that doesn't get in the way of the main flavors. The banana surprisingly tastes of actual banana, totally different from the flavoring found in banana candies and such. Chestnut comes through as a chewy nuttiness that also tastes natural. The whole package has that fresh-baked flavor, which is like magic to find in a cup of tea that has never seen an oven!

I found this tea sweet enough to need no added sugar, making it a perfect candidate for a guilt-free dessert drink. The 'bakedness'™ of this blend will fool you into thinking it's a cup of real banana bread!

1 helpful votes

It's easy to see why this tea seems so popular. I don't love banana bread, but this tea really hits the spot. Both the banana flavor and the nutty flavor are clearly present and complement each other.

This was really surprising! Normally I don't like banana nut bread (because I don't like nuts in things, although they're fine by themselves), but this was delicious! I would never have thought of banana in tea. It sounded weird. Smelled really good when I opened the package, just like fresh baked banana bread (which smells good, I just don't like the taste). It didn't disappoint when drinking, either. It still had that banana flavor, but not overwhelming, and not fake, with a light nuttiness in the background. This one's a keeper, but I'd advise sweetening this with your sweetener of choice to get that banana bread flavor.

Thanks to the CommuniTEA program, I am definitely a rooibos convert, particularly honeybush. This one is no exception - the banana is subtle but still very present, and the flavor definitely does invoke a banana nut muffin. Yum!

I made this as a latte with vanilla milk and it tasted like a banana muffin.

5 helpful votes

I received this tea as part of the CommuniTEA box, and as such, teas in such a small portion might not be balanced. On with the proper review.

Upon opening the tea, it smells strongly of caramel and warm comfy notes. It seems nice and while I had been concerned about the banana flavor, it seems promising enough. I opted to steep it for the full five minutes at 212 degrees, and it steeped the usual red/orange of honeybush tea. It smells like a bakery in the cup, and tasting it seems much the same. It's warm and comfy, and reminds me of 'Felix Felicis' by Robert Pirlot, a tea we received earlier in the month with the CommuniTEA box.

A touch of sugar brightens it, but it's certainly not necessary, I don't think. It's perfectly enjoyable, and while I didn't add milk, I'm sure that would be nice as well.

2 helpful votes

I was sure I wasn't going to like this because all the reviews say it tastes just like banana nut bread which has always been a little too sweet for me, but this is delicious. I don't like banana, but I gotta be honest, this tea is making me want to try banana again to see if my tastebuds have changed or something, because this was really good!

1 helpful votes

I love honeybush tea, but I usually avoid anything banana flavored and I hate the typical pecan/walnut situation in banana bread; therefore, I avoided trying this tea. Mistakes were made. This tea is delicious and I could have been drinking it months ago, so now I will need to make up for lost time by ordering a large bag. As a person who doesn't love banana bread, I can say that this is still yummy despite having similarities to said baked goods. There is banana flavor, but as someone else stated it is not quite realistic and not quite fake. It is also not overly potent like most banana flavored things. There is a natural sweetness and earthiness from the honeybush. Bonus points for the chestnut flavor as the 'nut' component of this - it brings a nutty, woody flavor that is more caramel-like than nut-like, which makes it extra tasty. Together, the flavors meld into one yummy cup of tea. (reviewed through CommuniTEA; 5 min @ 212F)

21 helpful votes