Health Benefits of Rooibos | Loose Leaf Tea-V Episode 21

It's Kate from Moose Lake Tea Market, and I want to talk to you about another kind of tea, in a completely different case, unrelated to green tea, black tea, and I'll show you how it's spelled. Rorigos. It means red bush, and the plant originally comes from South Africa. They harvest the leaves, and then it goes through a fermentation process, and that's what turns it this red color. And it's a tea that's very pleasurable. It's popular in different parts of the world. You know, not just in South Africa, but it's also really gained popularity, and has loads of health benefits. Number one, it doesn't have anything. So if you're sensitive to caffeine, or you're trying to stay away from it, if caffeine bothers you, it is the perfect tea for you, because it has all of the antioxidants that green tea is famous for. Rorigos has lots of other health benefits, and it's been pretty widely studied. So, you know, there's a lot of really good things that they can say are, you know, that are actually true about this plant. It contains a lot of vitamin C, a lot of antioxidants, and it's also naturally anti-inflammatory, and so that helps on a lot of different levels. It's great for your skin. I've known people that have used it for inflammatory skin issues, like eczema, but you can also drink it regularly for acne. You can even use the tea as a face wash, because it's great for, you know, because it's so antioxidant, it's great for mature skin, as well as, you know, skin for all ages. And it's believed to help strengthen the teeth through hair. So all these health benefits, and no caffeine, make it a really excellent beverage when you're stupid. So you can enjoy it any time of the day or night. It's not going to keep you up. It's not going to make you jittery. Loads of antioxidants. It's got a little bit of a weird name, but it's got a really nice taste, so it's definitely worth a try.