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drank Rooibos by My Red Tea
16 tasting notes

I bought this after learning some of the flavored teas I had tried were rooibos. I had never even heard of Rooibos before. I noticed a similar sweet and fruity flavor between them but wasn’t sure how much of that sweet and fruity flavor was from the tea or the added flavors. This was to give me a straight rooibos tasting so I could better discern the tea from the additions.

I am surprised by the aroma and flavor every time. It’s like some sort of sundried stonefruit bubblegum concoction. Theres also a earthy bark-like aftertaste.

Since it’s naturally decaf and can be flavored any way I choose I thought I would use this a lot more than I have, either with herbs from the garden or with some of the common herbal teas I have in the cabinet. I just don’t have the interest that I do with black tea at this moment so it remains unexplored.

This is bagged, but seems of good quality. I can find no faults with it. This seems like good stuff. I’m looking forward to exploring the world of rooibos once I’m ready, that’s just not my thing right now.

Flavors: Bark, Bubblegum, Dried Fruit, Sweet, Wood

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 18 OZ / 532 ML
ashmanra

I like green rooibos a lot, but not red, although Lupicia had a flavored red that was quite good.

Courtney

Agreed about green rooibos vs. red. Though, Bird & Blend has a red Rhubarb & Custard that’s wonderful!

Mastress Alita

I like both, but have a preference for “desserty” type flavors on red rooibos and “fruity” type flavors on green rooibos. I also don’t like the taste of red rooibos cold brewed, but love cold brewed green rooibos. I enjoy honeybush straight up, but find I prefer red rooibos to honeybush as a flavored base because it always has a peppery note that clashes with the flavorings added, and I don’t taste that particular note from rooibos.

gmathis

^ Pretty much what Alita said!

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ashmanra

I like green rooibos a lot, but not red, although Lupicia had a flavored red that was quite good.

Courtney

Agreed about green rooibos vs. red. Though, Bird & Blend has a red Rhubarb & Custard that’s wonderful!

Mastress Alita

I like both, but have a preference for “desserty” type flavors on red rooibos and “fruity” type flavors on green rooibos. I also don’t like the taste of red rooibos cold brewed, but love cold brewed green rooibos. I enjoy honeybush straight up, but find I prefer red rooibos to honeybush as a flavored base because it always has a peppery note that clashes with the flavorings added, and I don’t taste that particular note from rooibos.

gmathis

^ Pretty much what Alita said!

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