A man’s gotta have his tea.
It’s chock full of anti-oxidants, and with more and more people telling me I have hairline wrinkles, I need all the help I can get to stop the aging process.
So from my beloved South Africa comes Rooibos Tea (let me know if you find the official official website). Chock full of anti-oxidants, no calories and no caffeine. It’s a pretty decent drink – yes, the taste is a bit odd for your Earl Gray lover, but it’s very palatable.
I’ve been looking for Rooibos (literally translated means red bush) for a while, and the stash that I got with the package (see previous post) that my sister sent me, has tied me over. But being in the same packaging as the ill fated beer, has made the taste a little… odd.
The other day I was Kota Kinabalu’s newest operating-although-not-fully-occupied mall, City Mall, when my friend disappeared, only to re-appear with a box of Rooibos Tea. Obviously I struggled to contain myself, but somehow managed.
The tea was from, not where, Waitrose in the UK, packaged in Malaysia (with a big Made in Malaysia sticker on the box) – but we all know Rooibos only comes from one place: the Western Cape region in South Africa. So there.
Anyway, with a fresh supply of Rooibos, suddenly South African products were coming out of the woodwork in the most odd places. Giant stocks a variety of South African products (go Giant!), my corner shop, aptly named ‘Pick n Pay’ (a big chain supermarket in South Africa) has a range of fruits from South Africa, and even Merdeka Supermarket imports canned fruit and fresh fruit from there.
The best discovery though was this Red Lipton Tea. My friend Julia had been drinking it for ages before she discovered it was ‘Red Tea‘, actually made with Rooibos Tea. Of course, now it’s the drink of choice!
Grab yourself some, good stuff actually.
I agree with you on how great Rooibos is but yikes don't buy lipton! It's very low quality rooibos and most likely does not contain nearly as many benefits since it is not high quality and therefore may contain filler, stems, etc. Try and look for a rooibos that does not come from the co-op but instead from a single estate.