Tasting Notes
A richly delicious infusion with deep earthy notes, bright red berries and cedar. Can be beautifully enhanced by the addition of a twist of lemon zest.
RED BUSH
Rooibos
This is no ordinary tea harvest. But then Rooibos (Afrikaans for 'red bush') is no ordinary tea. Strictly speaking a legume, the needle-like leaves produce a deeply delicious caffeine-free drink. It has been used as a medicine to cure innumerable ills and drunk for pleasure for many thousands of years by the people of this area.
HORSEBACK
Bush Tea
This is real bush-tea - it's beyond organic and indigenous. To protect the delicate ecosystem of the Cedarberg Mountains it's harvested on a on horseback with machetes, ensuring no damage is done to the fragile local environment.
This is sustainable farming at its best.
LOCAL HERO
Dr Frikkie Strauss
We source it from a farmer who is also the local GP - Dr Strauss. He is an amazing man who is not just interested in saving people but the environment and the endangered local Cape Leopard.
Quantity
Use 2.5g of leaf per 150ml of water.
Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 100°C (212°F) water.
Time
Infuse for 1 - 3 minutes, tasting regularly.
