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  1. This is great news, I absolutely LOVE rooibus! I drink it hot or cold, always use it as a base and just add a little of this or that (usually cinnamon & marjoram, but sometimes mint or ginger) to adjust the flavor. It’s also one of the more economical teas to buy, I get mine in bulk and always organic for less than $10 a pound (and a pound will last me over a month). I make mine in a coffee pot with a natural filter, and can run the same brew up to three times. It has a true tea flavor (kind of reminds me of nestea, but I wouldn’t touch that crap anymore) and a pretty reddish color. I’m not a fan of green or black tea, so rooibus makes me a tea drinker.

    1. Where do you purchase it for less than $10 a lb? Can we buy it online?

  2. It smells like tobacco to me. My grandma uses smokeless tobacco, and this smells like it. While I like the benefits, I can’t get over the smell.

  3. Rooibos can only be grown in a very specific place in Africa. This specific place is home to thousands of rare species that also can only live in this same place. In just the past few years, the large-scale farming of rooibos in this vulnerable environment has caused the extinction of hundreds of species. Engaging in the consumption of rooibos is exploitative both to the environment and to the people who have lived there for thousands of years and who are being kicked off of their ancestral lands so that farms can be established there. There are many foods and teas that are just as beneficial to your health but don’t cost the Earth so much. DON’T DRINK ROOIBOS TEA.

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