FRENCH NAME  ROOIBOS ORGANIQUE
BLEND NO.  1095
The famous red bush tea is caffeine-free but tastes like a light Ceylon black tea. This herbal infusion can support milk and is ideal for decaffeinated black tea drinkers.

Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) is essentially the leaves of a broom-like bush that grows near the Cederberg mountains in South Africa (north of Cape Town).  The indigenous people in the region made rooibos tea from ithe needle-like leaves that are picked, ground and then moistened with water to start fermentation.  The leaves are sun-dried immediately to maintain their bright orange-brown color and then packed.

As rooibos is not camelia sinensis (tea), there are no tannins or caffeine.  Highly prized for its healthy, beneficial character - rich in antioxidants and vitamins.

LOOSE TEALEAVES  CERTIFIED ORGANIC
AROMA: Tangy and sweet
PALATE: Rich and full-bodied
LIQUOR: Red

Rooibos comes from the rugged slopes of the Western Cape Mountains in South Africa. In 1772, botanist Carl Humberg discovered that the locals of the Cape's Cedarberg region made a sweet tasting "tea" of the indigenous "red bush" plant. They picked the stems and leaves, bruised them with hammers, and left them in piles to ferment, and then dried them in the sun.