rooibos tea
Green Rooibos?
A Women is like TEA...You don't know how strong she is until you put her in hot water...
Green Rooibos is made from the same South African "red bush" as the traditional Rooibos, but it is not oxidized (fermented) and has a lighter, fruitier flavor. It is also caffeine-free and rich in essential minerals. And because it is not oxidized, it is high in antioxidents.
Checked out www.specialteas.com Looks like some tasty Green Rooibos blends, so I ordered some.
Been searching around though and having a hard time finding ORGANIC Green Rooibos blends. www.culinaryteas.com has some, but they are not ORGANIC.
Let me know if anyone is able to find a site to order ORGANIC Green Rooibos blends.
Thanks!
PS: Great site to share info!
Checked out www.specialteas.com Looks like some tasty Green Rooibos blends, so I ordered some.
Been searching around though and having a hard time finding ORGANIC Green Rooibos blends. www.culinaryteas.com has some, but they are not ORGANIC.
Let me know if anyone is able to find a site to order ORGANIC Green Rooibos blends.
Thanks!
PS: Great site to share info!
Green Rooibos
Very interesting...Thank you
A Women is like TEA...You don't know how strong she is until you put her in hot water...
Chris,
Your right, Green Rooibos is not as strong tasting as Red. It tastes similar to green tea. You guys sell Green tea don't you?
I like it because it makes great ice tea.
Also, being that it is organic, has a higher antioxident content, even than Green Tea, and has no caffeine, unlike Green Tea, makes it healthy to drink. And I drink a lot of it.
I think more and more people are drinking tea for the health benefits.
Sure wish you guys would start carrying it and advertising it as such. You might be suprised how many people buy it.
Dan
Your right, Green Rooibos is not as strong tasting as Red. It tastes similar to green tea. You guys sell Green tea don't you?
I like it because it makes great ice tea.
Also, being that it is organic, has a higher antioxident content, even than Green Tea, and has no caffeine, unlike Green Tea, makes it healthy to drink. And I drink a lot of it.
I think more and more people are drinking tea for the health benefits.
Sure wish you guys would start carrying it and advertising it as such. You might be suprised how many people buy it.
Dan
oh im just a babbling old man. but actually in the days of DDT no one really thanked the chemical for effectivly killing the mosquitoes that carried malaria. Now we dont have to worry about malaria in the states, but malaria is still a huge problem in south africa and im honestly afraid to try roobios because organic means no pesticides which means malaria. Of course, my paranoia is mostly unwarranted because i have never heard of anyone getting malaria from roobios, nonetheless, i think i can live without it. Also boiling water would properly sanitize your tea, which fortunately agrees with the proper brewing technique for rooibos, but any travelers guide will tell you to boil water atleast for one minute, and boiling tea is a definate no no. Im not telling anyone to stop trying roobios, but the more you know... ::shooting star with rainbow trail::
There are four advantages to green tea... Its beauty, its taste, its aroma, and its health benefits. Learn to enjoy the first three and you'll forget you drank it for the fourth. ^^
For malaria, the equation looks like this:Of course, my paranoia is mostly unwarranted because i have never heard of anyone getting malaria from roobios, nonetheless, i think i can live without it.
Malaria plasmodium + Anopheles mosquito
I totally get your caution, PeterVu (which is why I wear water wings in the shower) -- but your chances of getting malaria of any kind from brewed or unbrewed tea are 0%. You need a mosquito infected with P. falciparum (which causes something like 88% of all malaria cases), P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, P. knowesli, or P. semiovale to bite you.
Want to learn more about parasites? Do you also have a cast-iron stomach? Then I highly suggest Parasite Rex. But don't eat it before eating pad thai. Seriously.
(Alternately, you can look for me in the Invertebrate House of the National Zoo where I volunteer on weekends. We can talk parasites and then I'll let you feed an anemone.)
the same thing goes for corn in america. just because mosquitoes arent being shipped alive with the corn doesnt mean you're not at risk. consuming a mosquito would be just as bad i imagine.
There are four advantages to green tea... Its beauty, its taste, its aroma, and its health benefits. Learn to enjoy the first three and you'll forget you drank it for the fourth. ^^
Imagine no longer, my friend. Dead mosquitoes aren't good hosts for the parasites that cause malaria. Also, for a person to become infected, the mosquito has to bite them: the parasite's sporozites (think of sporozites as pre-parasites) live in the mosquito's salavary glands. When that happens, you have a direct transmission route: from the mosquito's salavary gland directly into your bloodstream.consuming a mosquito would be just as bad i imagine.
If the sporozites don't get to your bloodstream? You're totally golden, Pony Boy.
Ingesting a mosquito (and we'll think of "ingesting" in this case as being totally accidental) would actually kill the sporozites since they'd have a tough time surviving our saliva (in our mouths) and gastric juices (in our bellies).
And that, class, ends Mike's zoology lesson. Tomorrow, pop quiz!