Name: Rooibos Tea (South African Red Tea)
SKU: 32235
Availability: InStock

Rooibos Tea (South African Red Tea)

£12.00

Brand	MY RED TEA
Item Form	Teabags
Flavor	Rooibos
Tea Variety	Rooibos
Unit Count	80.0 Count

Rooibos Tea, USDA Organic from My Red Tea. South African, 100% Pure, Single Origin, Natural, Farmer Friendly, GMO and Caffeine Free. Sustainably farmed. 80 Teabags

Description

Rooibos tea, also known as “red bush tea” or “African red tea,” is made from the fermented leaves of the aspalathus linearis shrub, a plant native to South Africa. While rooibos tea wasn’t produced for commercial export until the 1930s, Dutch settlers have been brewing it in South Africa since the 1700s.

Enjoyed as a caffeine-free alternative to green or black tea, rooibos is reddish-brown in color and has a sweet, earthy flavor. It’s most commonly consumed as a tea — sometimes with milk and sugar added or made into iced tea, espressos, lattes, and cappuccinos. You can buy rooibos as a tea, as an extract for flavoring, or as an additive in cosmetic products.

Health Benefits

Rooibos is lesser known than green and black tea, but it has a number of health benefits. Rooibos contains polyphenols like aspalathin that are unique to the plant. It also contains antioxidants and chemical compounds that can reduce inflammation, promote weight loss, and prevent serious illnesses like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Caffeine-Free

Caffeine — found in other forms of tea like black tea and green tea — is safe to consume in moderate amounts. However, too much can lead to side effects like anxiety, insomnia, heart palpitations, and headaches.

Our organic, Fair Trade Certified rooibos (pronounced ROY-bus) is an herb native to the beautiful Cederberg region of South Africa. Our superior grade rooibos has small needle-like leaves that yield a dark red infusion with notes of honey, apricots, and mesquite wood and contains no caffeine.

The tasty aromatic infusion of the wild Aspalathus linearis plant was commercialized at the turn of the 19th century. It was originally harvested by hand, chopped with axes, and bruised with hammers then left to ferment before drying in the sun. Now, due to demand, rooibos is cultivated rather than collected from the wild. Rooibos seeds are planted in February and March and tended for 18 months, after which they are harvested. Cut rooibos is bound and milled to a uniform length then bruised between rollers to trigger the fermentation process and finally dried in the sun, which results in its characteristic flavor and sweet aroma.

Ingredients: organic and Fair Trade Certified South African rooibos