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Royal Devonshire

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$39.95
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$39.95
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Rich black tea is softened by smooth, creamy vanilla notes in this indulgent and aromatic blend. Full-bodied yet beautifully balanced, for an everyday cup with a little more to it.

Loose Leaf400g Refill

Vanilla has long been prized for the way it rounds a strong tea without sweetening it, softening tannin into something closer to cream. Our Royal Devonshire pairs it with a rich black base, generously scented, so the vanilla arrives on the aroma and settles into the finish. It was built for the kind of afternoon tea that involves a plate. The vanilla is blended through the leaf rather than sprayed across it, so the cream note holds under milk instead of disappearing into it, and the refill pouch keeps the canister going.

A loose leaf black tea with vanilla, with notes of cream, malt and soft caramel.

Measure: One teaspoon per 250ml
Brew Time: 3 to 5 minutes
Water Temperature: 100°C
Best Enjoyed: With a splash of milk, alongside something baked.

Available as loose leaf in a 200g canister and a 400g refill pouch.

Black Tea (95%), Natural Vanilla Flavour (5%)

  • 5 stars: 42 (86%)
  • 4 stars: 4 (8%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (2%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 2 (4%)
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Belinda Hodgkins
Hands down my fave

Hands down my fave. Delicious, I start my day everyday with a cup. Don't ever stop making it.

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Sharon
A beautiful tea on repeat order

Love this tea - on repeat order - what else needs to be said!

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Stuart Wilkshire
Absolutely heavenly

Love the Royal Devonshire with Smooth Vanilla Single Origin Loose Leaf Tea… make it in tea bags again too please. So I can order 5 or 6 packets to keep me stocked up.

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Verity Bennett

Disappointing, tasteless, was really looking forward to this but will not be buying it again and going elsewhere to find tea, sorry :(

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Kate
Love it

My favourite find for the year. Fast delivery. Thanks.

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Kate
Excellent tea

I haven’t been a tea drinker for several years. It’s expensive and I am left disappointed. However, after reading all the wonderful reviews about this tea. I decided to give it a try as it was also affordable. I love it. I am surprised at how good it is. Thanks to all those feedbacks. Otherwise I wouldn’t have known. This one is for keeps. I will definitely purchase it again. Fast delivery too. Many many thanks.

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Gayle
Royal Devonshire vanilla tea

Royal Devonshire vanilla tea is amazing. I have been drinking it in tea bag form for 25 years. I just don’t understand why you have stopped making them. I have been buying tea leaves and making my own but now you are sold out of the 250g bags!! 😱 surely you can make more 🙏 Please, please please!! 🤞

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NICHOLAS MANSERGH
Stunning cuppa

Nevada’s Royal Devonshire is a great cup of tea. I like a good strong tea and this one fits the bill with smooth vanilla tones that rock. Go for Gold, I say.

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Royal Devonshire Addict
Devine Devonshire

The Royal Devonshire with Vanilla, loose leaf, in a teapot, is my morning ritual before racing out the door to the city.
I have it with milk and it’s simply devine.
Love the vanilla in it - keep up the good work Nerada!
I’m onto my last large tin so am coming back to buy more!
Great that this tea is available in loose leaf tea for those of us who are trying to remove as much plastic from our lives as we can.

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Jenny
Love this tea

Just received more of the Royal Devonshire tea from Nerada. I discovered this a few years ago and fell in love with it. So good to be able to continue to enjoy it. Thank you Nerada for making this a staple of my tea times.

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Tina
Not a fan

I was trying to find a replacement for Devonshire smooth vanilla tea bags that Nerada discontinued (very sad) so I contacted them for a suggested replacement which was this product. I was pretty disappointed with it. Can’t taste the vanilla much at all, it just tastes like the regular English breakfast to me. Please bring back Devonshire Smooth Vanilla Tea Bags, they were the best!

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Jacqui
Tea, a tragic tale. Vanilla Royal Devonshire

Loose tea option is all I can get now the teabag option was deleted. Why why why?
I am English born Australian, I am genetically designed to consume tea in volumes secondary only to oxygen, and I did, until I was 14. An aunt lived with us after emigrating and INSISTED on making tea with 50% milk 🤮. This was 50 years ago and I became a coffee totalitarian. Many times I tried a tea, but could only manage a sip before memories of milky beige tea returned. In May 2025 a friend offered me a Nerada RD Vanilla, different to any other because it was black tea, not Earl Grey or Green. Hand on heart I DRANK EVERY DROP. I was cured. Just like that. I bought 3 boxes and then noticed the availability was waning. I bought 7 boxes. And, then, could find NONE! And discovered teabags were discontinued 😭🤧 You don’t understand how good this tea is! It is literally the only tea a traumatized coffeeholic can drink and if sales were down, it is because the public did not know about it. I blame the advertising department. Dark blue packaging, nothing to grab the eye, no fanfare. It’s a tragedy. I now have loose tea but it’s not the same. It’s inconvenient and inconsistent compared to teabags.

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clifford coulson
Royal Devonshire Vanilla Tea

Having visited Nerada Tea several times, my favourite tea was the Royal Devonshire Vanilla Tea but at that time, I purchased the tea in tea bags in boxes of 50.
I also used to go to Acacia Ridge to pick up a cartoon of boxes and give some out to my friends.
Unfortunately, I can no loner get tea bags.
The loose tea is nice but a slightly different flavour and much stronger......I think. I don't have any of the tea bags left to compare.
As I travel a lot, I do find the tea bags more convenient but I am now using the loose tea, so I shall see how I go.

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Catherine

This tea is quite unique. My grandchildren ask for this instead of Easter eggs ! It is perfect with something sweet or just on its own.

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Frances
Yum

Love the royal Devonshire tea

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Elizabeth Retter
Devonshire tea

The tea is my favourite and I’ve started lots of friends drinking it but I’m very disappointed that it no longer comes in tea bahs

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Bel
Royal Devonshire Tea

Absolutely beautiful tea. It is the favourite of my family and friends alike. ❤️

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Andy & Chris
Delicious

The vanilla tea is lovely, the presentation tin will not go in bin. We got the stick infuser, too, so no more teabags with microplastics for us. As far as I know, this was the very last tin for sale. Sorry.

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Jan
Beautiful tea

Please bring back Devonshire Royal. It's a delicious tea that always gets compliments when I serve it up to my visitors. Plus it's my favourite!

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Monika
No Teabags?

I love my Royal Devonshire and have bought it for over 20 years. Sadly it is now unavailable in the teabags, I'm so sad and will now have to look elsewhere for a replacement. Please bring back the teabags.

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Lindsay Morris

I've drank this tea for years and I'm absolutely heartbroken that it's no longer sold in shops and now to find out that it's not sold in bags too is even more heartbreaking to me. This is the only tea I will drink so I've had to buy a teapot to have loose leaf tea. Best tea in the world but please I really need it in bags.

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John

Good product

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Mares
Best tea ever

Absolutely sensational tea

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Robert

I especially like the hint of vanilla flavour in this tea .

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Martina Wenman

Excellent teas - chai and royal devonshire - and great service.

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Prue
Lovely tea

It was my favourite evening tea … every evening … but I would be grateful to have tea bags .
No longer buy because of that … hoping I can find another and with stronger vanilla flavour .

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Mary

Great service - great flavours right here in Australia!

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SHERALD KNOPPIEN
Top of the list. Number one!

My favourite tea of all the teas. The tea to have first up in the morning is a full flavour of black tea with that gentle hint of vanilla.

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Mervyn Symons
Royal Devonshire Loose Leaf Tea

Every since visiting the shop on the Atherton Tablelands some years ago and purchasing a pack, we have enjoyed this tea. It is such a smooth blend and enjoyable as your morning cuppa with a scone or biscuit. Recommend it.

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David
Great and delicious tea. Really nice in the evening.

A very enjoyable tea. Highly recommended.

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Anonymous

Royal Devonshire with Vanilla is an aromatic and warming tea. Delicious.