Herbal base · Organic ingredient
Rooibos
Aspalathus linearis
Fine copper-red needles from the mountains of South Africa's Western Cape. The sunset-coloured cup is sweet and woody, with hints of honeycomb and caramel.
Blend with rooibos →The benefits
Why we love rooibos
Naturally caffeine-free
Rooibos contains no caffeine at all, so it suits any hour, from a lazy breakfast to the last cup of the night.
Smooth, never bitter
Naturally low in tannins, it stays sweet and mellow even if you forget it in the pot.
Loves milk and spice
Its honeyed, woody flavour takes a splash of milk well and carries chai spices beautifully.
Good to know
No special cautions for most people in normal tea amounts.
Rooibos grows only in the Cederberg mountains and surrounding fynbos of South Africa's Western Cape. The Khoi and San peoples gathered the wild shrub, bruised its needles and left them in heaps to darken before drying them in the sun. Settlers called it 'red bush', and by the early 1900s it was being traded across the country.
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Where rooibos appears
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