South African Rooibos Exploration Pack

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Tip! Consider a sample size to explore 3-4 cups of a new tea!

South African FlagSouth African Rooibos Exploration Pack Description

Never tried rooibos? Have you had a tisane with a rooibos base and crave more? Explore this wonderful South African product with this sampler. Get to know the favor of rooibos on its own and experience two outstanding rooibos blends.

Each sample package has 14 grams of tea, enough for at least four 8 oz cups. This sampler pack includes one each of:

Want to know more?  Learn more about rooibos, where it comes from, and the many blends it provides.

South African Rooibos Significance:

The scientific name for rooibos, which comes from Afrikaans meaning “red bush”, is Aspalathus Linearis. Coming from the legume family, rooibos is related to beans, peas, clover, and peanuts, though the family also includes over 16,000 other species. It is a shrub that grows up to 6’ in height with green, needle shaped leaves and yellow flowers.

Rooibos is only grown in one location in the world, the valleys of the Cederberg Mountain region of Western Cape, South Africa, to the north of Cape Town. Rooibos has been consumed by local Khoisan inhabitants for more than 300 years. The arriving Dutch settlers to South Africa in the 1700’s started to consume rooibos due to the high cost of imported black tea. Commercial production began in the 1930’s and more recently its anti-oxidant properties have attracted significant demand, initially from Japan but now from many other countries as well. In fact, exports have increased over 700% from 1993 to 2003.

The specific region where rooibos is grown recently was designated a World Heritage Site, yet the majority of land is privately owned, so the need for responsible land use and development practices has driven the South African Rooibos Council to develop Right Rooibos, a program to foster sustainable production practices for the industry and support production while protecting the environment.

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  • Every tea sample enjoyable
    5

    Posted by Amy on Jan 18th 2015

    I have enjoyed every tea sample that came in the set. It's a nice collection. I enjoy having the variety in my cupboard.