Chateau Rouge Luxury Leaf Teas

100% Organic, Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade from 2013.

Winner Great Taste Awards Gold 2012 - 'Some gentle flavours with a pleasant, sweet aftertaste. Caramel notes in evidence.'

Grown only in the Cederberg mountains in the semi-desert Western Cape of South Africa, Rooibos – Afrikaans for ‘red bush’ – is naturally green but gets its deep red colour and rich flavour from fermentation similar to that of black tea. The only single estate Rooibos avilable in the UK, grown organic since 1997 on the Wiedouw farm near Vanrhynsdorp.

100% Organic, Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade from 2013.

Although in 1772 botanist Carl Thunberg was the first Westerner to mention this wild shrub, the indigenous Khoisan were well aware of Rooibos’ remarkable health benefits and had been brewing it for centuries. The Cape’s early Dutch settlers adopted Rooibos instead of expensive black tea from Europe. In 1904 Russian immigrant Benjamin Ginsberg, recognising its potential, became the first to trade it from the Bushmen and pioneered its cultivation. More recently, Rooibos has become famous for being the favourite drink of Precious Ramotswe of ‘The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’ novels.

Using a heaped teaspoon (3 grams) of tea and 3 infusions per serving (like Honeybush can be left to steep without going bitter):

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