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African Nectar
Description: African Rooibos tea in biodegradable pouches.
Mighty Leaf Rooibos Tea!
This is my new favorite herbal infusion, a non-caffeinated mixture of rooibos leaves, with hints of vanilla. It comes in these handcrafted biodegradable pouches that give off the smell of fruits and herbs unlike most any boxed, pouched tea I've ever bought! And Mighty Leaf is from San Raphael, I think, which makes me feel good, because I'm supporting a relatively local company.
Even though there's no caffeine, the rooibos can certainly be called a stimulant, in my book, because I feel more active when I drink this tea but not in a frenzied way, more in a calm, clear and slightly expanded way, soothing yet stimulating.
And the tea tastes wonderful, especially with a little soy milk.
As you may know, rooibos is commonly known as South African red tea, and only grows in one of the western provinces of South Africa. It's got a sweet, nutty overtone. You can actually get a much more refined, expensive green rooibos, which is unoxidized.
It's loaded with antioxidants and has especially low tannin content, even though it's made in the same way as black tea.
Abendigo R.'s keywords: mighty leaf, tea, rooibos, san raphael, herbal infusion, caffeine free, biodegradable, south africa
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Dale B. says:
Mighty Leaf Rooibos is indeed a great tea! I was introduced to it last year when I was talking with a South African college friend of my daughter's. I asked him what he missed most about SA and he said "Rooibos and Rusk". Being an amatueur cook I whipped up three kinds of rusk and made him a Rooibos and Rusk care package.
I took the rest of the rusk (kind of like a biscotti) to work and when a friend who was raised in SA droped by I made him some Rooibos and Rusk and thought he would never leave! In fact he came back that afternoon for another round. Apparently this SA version of "tea time" is pretty universal and the rusk recipes are varied and many.
Rooibos is now one of my favorite teas too.
Birchez