Recently, I have been enjoying a somewhat different drink: rooibos. Made with the Aspalathus linearis plant, and grown only in South Africa, rooibos (sometimes called "red tea," even though it comes from a different plant than tea) is an enjoyable drink with plenty of flavor and plenty of health benefits. Here's an overview about rooibos:
http://coffeetea.about.com/od/typesoftea/a/rooibos.htm
and here's a picture of the rooibos plant:
http://www.rishi-tea.com/store/rooibos_detail/rooibos.html
Over the last few weeks, I have been drinking two varieties of rooibos from Rishi-Tea:
Both of these are organic, fair trade products. I have a lot more to say about these, but I'll save that for a later blog entry. More to follow soon!
