All About - Taste of Rooibos Tea
Nowadays people are very health conscious and looking for a good
beverage to maintain their body. So, many people prefer other health drink
rather than tea to relief their stress and they think that it will help them
but teas are a traditional drink which helps to boost immune system with their
natural ingredients and helps you to maintain your diet. Tea is also a good
health drink with source of many antioxidants. There are many varieties like
black tea, green tea, white tea, flavoured tea, blended tea, chai, oolong tea
and herbal tea. They have their own flavour and aroma. But we are going to talk about rooibos tea (herbal tea) and how does it
tastes
HERBAL TEA- Rooibos tea
As you know,
herbal tea has many health benefits and it's a good beverage for health and
fitness. So, there are many varieties of herbal tea available across the world
with their different flavours and uniqueness or specialty. It’s a good option
for tea lovers and health conscious people.
Herbal teas are
not made from Camellia sinensis plant unlike black, green, white, yellow,
oolong tea, it is made from combination of different herbs, dried fruits,
spices and flowers. So, all herbal teas have their own flavor and aroma. So
yes, they are 100% organic with no caffeine.
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Rooibos Tea
Rooibos tea is
a type of herbal tea and is not related to green or black tea. It is made with
the dried leaves of Aspalathus Linearis plant in South Africa and it's also
known as Red bush tea or African red tea. There are two kinds of rooibos tea,
one is rooibos and the other is green rooibos. The process of making Rooibos
tea may vary its colour like it can be red (because of fully oxidized) or green
(because of less oxidized) or brownish. It doesn't contain caffeine, so it's a
good option for those people who like decaffeinated tea or who are intolerant
of caffeine. It’s not a good source of vitamins and minerals aside from copper
and fluoride. This caffeine free tea makes it an alternative to other tea
types. It has a unique flavour and aroma with lots of antioxidants which gives
you many health benefits such as
1. It helps in improving digestion,
2. Maintain healthy heart and liver,
3. Improves bone health,
4. Helps in aiding kidney disease,
5. Prevents cancer,
6. Managing lowering blood pressure,
7. Reduce inflammation,
8. It’s rich in flavonoids, and helps
in reducing stress, etc.
With no side
effects and helps in refreshing your body and your day. You can drink this tea
at any time of the day or night. But not drinking regularly, it may show some
side effects while drinking regularly. Rooibos tea in sachet are not so good
quality
The Taste of Rooibos Tea
Rooibos tea has
an aromatic scent of caramel and creamy. With its unique flavour, it becomes
more special. Its appearance is dark orange or red. Most of the common rooibos
tea has light, earthy, nutty flavour and natural sweetness. Green rooibos tea
is unfermented and has lighter tasting than red rooibos. But we are talking
about red rooibos tea which has different flavours than green rooibos.
Because of the
uniqueness in its flavour, it’s totally different from black tea. The taste of
this tea is sort of warming, natural sweetness, malty, smoother texture, soft,
multi- flavour and quite satisfying. It gives you refreshment in your body and
mind. It has a full- bodied infusion with woody and sweet notes with a creamy
finish. If you want to let the rooibos tea longer in water while brewing, it
will not cause the tea to taste bitter.
How to make rooibos tea taste
better?
Many people do
experiments with their tea, so that the tea tastes like their preference.
There are many ways to make rooibos
tea taste better, If you want to try other flavours in this tea, you can add
some milk or sugar or honey or date syrup just like other tea to make it more
sweeten which can increase your calorie consumption and you can also brew it
quite strong and its tastes good. . Some people add milk with cinnamon in
rooibos tea which makes it a little creamy and spicy and you can also mix
rooibos tea with dried fruits and spices to add different flavours. You can
also make lattes with cold and hot brewing. So, there are many ways you can
brew your cup of rooibos tea. One way is if you want to brew this tea in hot
and cold water.
Brew in hot water
Put 1.5
teaspoons of loose rooibos tea in 1 cup of hot water for 1 serving.
Brew in cold water
Put 1.5
teaspoons of loose rooibos tea in 1 cup of cold water for 1 serving.
