Red Rooibos Tea

(Redbush tea; African red tea) This spectacular caffeine-free tea comes from the equally spectacular Cederberg mountains of South Africa. Traditionally gathered from the wild by the local tribes to brew as tea, it was brought into cultivation by Afrikaner farmers in the early 1900s. It brews to a beautiful deep crimson shade with a full bodied nutty flavour. With less than half the tannin of regular tea it does not turn bitter with long simmering. A great substitute for everyday tea and coffee, and you can add milk just like regular tea. Rooibos is "red bush" in the Afrikaans language.