Maple Pecan Rooibos Tea Recipe: The Ultimate Cozy & Herbal Fall Drink

My maple pecan rooibos tea recipe is the ultimate sweet, nutty, and soothing fall drink. It’s quick and easy to make, using all natural ingredients.

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Why You’ll Love This Homemade Tea Recipe

Caffeine-free: This is an herbal tea recipe, so it’s naturally caffeine-free. This makes this tea perfect to enjoy after dinner to relax, or as a caffeinated tea alternative.
Health benefits: Rooibos tea is an herbal tea with very low health risks and even some health benefits. It’s high in antioxidants and studies have shown that it can help lower blood sugar. But as there are some risks that can be associated with it, it’s always best to consume in moderation. Read more about the health benefits of rooibos tea.
Natural ingredients: All the ingredients used in this herbal tea recipe are completely natural. There’s no cane sugar, just natural maple syrup for added sweetness.
Warm & Cozy for fall: this homemade tea recipe will keep you warm and cozy all fall long. Perfect to make after a fall walk, or to warm up with a good book before bed. It has delicious fall flavours from nuttiness to sweetness.

Maple Pecan Rooibos Tea Recipe

Maple Pecan Rooibos tea is a soothing and warm herbal tea perfect for fall.

Prep Time: ~2 minutes

Total Time: ~7 minutes

Yield: 2 cups (~ 1 portions in a nice big mug!)

four items sit on a kitchen counter, a clear glass mug with a handle with a beautiful rich orange tea liqueur. There's a small glass bowl in front of it filled with small pieces of rooibos tea leaves. Behind it, is the same bowl but this time filled with roasted pecans. And finally, a vintage glass jug of maple syrup

Kitchen Equipment

Kettle (I love my Cuisinart electric kettle)
Measuring cups (tsp, tbsp)
Tea steeper or fillable tea bags
Big Mug (~ 2 cups)
Spoon

Ingredients

Makes 1 nice large mug (~2 cups)

2 cups boiling water
2 gr (2 tsp) loose rooibos tea (or 1 Rooibos tea bag)
1/2 tsp to 1 tsp maple syrup (to taste for more or less sweetness)
1 tbsp chopped roasted pecans

Instructions: How do you make Maple Pecan Rooibos Tea

For some recipe tips continue reading below or jump to them now.

Boil 2 cup of water.
Measure 2 gr (2 tsp) loose rooibos tea and 1 tbsp chopped pecans. Add them to a tea steeper or a fillable tea bag.
Once the water is boiled, pour it over your tea let steep for 4-5 minutes (or per directions for your rooibos tea).
Once the tea is steeped, remove the tea bag or steeper. Stir in 1 tsp maple syrup.
Enjoy!

on a wood table, there's a tall glass mug with a handle on the right side in the front. You can see the tea that fills the cup which is a rich orange colour. In the background, slightly blurred are two glass bowls, one has pecans, the other has tea. And there's a tall vintage glass filled with thick reddish brown maple syrup

What is Rooibos Tea?

Rooibos tea is an herbal tea from the Aspalathus plant. It’s native to South Africa and has been consumed for centuries due to its myriad of health benefits. It’s also called red tea or red bush tea (from the colour of the bush and the colour of the steeped tea!).

It has a caramel vanilla tasting notes (p.s. do your own tea tasting with my guide!). This herbal tea is caffeine free and the perfect black tea replacement.

The Pecans: Roasted vs. Raw, Why Chop?

You can use raw pecans, but there will be more flavour in roasted pecans. Roasting pecans bring out the sweetness and butteriness of the nut. Plus they’ll also be easier to chop once roasted!

Chopping the pecans gives you more surface area for the flavour to steep in the water.

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How to Roast Your Own Pecans

I buy raw pecans and roast them myself at home, it’s very easy to do and takes under 15 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350°
Place tinfoil on a baking sheet, add pecans in a single layer.
Once the oven is preheated, put in pecans for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, stir the pecans around and put them back in the oven for another 3 minutes.
Repeat the process in 3 minute intervals until your desired roast level is reached. I like them after 8 to 11 minutes (putting them in for one to two three minute rounds), but it will depend on your oven and roast preferences.

a mini wooden chopping board sit on a marble counter top. There are golden roasted pecans in a pile mostly chopped. The ones on the outside rim are still full. There's a used knife cuttong the right top edge. There's a glass bowl filled with tiny particles of rooibos tea on the left corner

What Maple Syrup To Use

I’m from Quebec, so I might be a little biased here, but for the best tasting tea you’ll want tot use 100% real maple syrup (nothing made from cane sugar or artificial sweeteners).

Costco makes a good 100% maple syrup from their Kirkland brand (at least they do in Canada!). Just be sure to read the ingredients when picking up a maple syrup, it shouldn’t include anything else, like this Grade A maple syrup from 365 Whole Foods! The only ingredient is pure organic maple syrup.

Optional Add-On: Cinnamon

If it’s a little too sweet for your taste, I really like adding cinnamon as a sprinkle on top to balance out the flavours (and really add more autumn flavours to this fall tea recipe!).

I personally am not a big fan of cinnamon, but have recently discovered Ceylon Cinnamon which is more subtle, and less spicy in flavour. Plus it actually has more health benefits than Cassia cinnamon, which is much more commonly used in North America.

a view of a tea cup with red and yellow flowers painted on the outside. Inside has a rich amber liqueur. Next to it are two glass bowls, one with roasted pecans, the other with rooibos tea. And behind them all is a vintage bottle filled with dark brown maple syrup

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