It may not do either. In my experience, rooibos is fairly common.
In that case, I read online that this quality is made much worse by oversteeping. And since you always oversteep for ice tea, that could be part of it. IT also said the green version is less astringent.
I’ve not tried steeping less myself. I only looked up rooibos tea online to make sure it was the one I was thinking of, since the one I tried didn’t taste bad, but just left my mouth dry.
I’ve never had it straight, but it’s the main ingredient in a blend that I find nice. The blend also contains hibiscus,rosemary, cinnamon and star anise.
In case anyone is interested, it can be found here:
(Disclaimer: I don’t know what is meant by “strengthening the systems of the body”. It’s just a nice hot cup of sipping stuff to me.)
Not in these here parts. I assure you she’s never heard of it.
She’s just now getting into “teas”
We shall see.
I heard of it when the book, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” was made into a short-lived TV series. Set in Botswana, where the ladies drank this tea that I still have trouble spelling and pronouncing.
I tried it, but like a lot of herbal varieties, rose hip and such, it didn’t seem like a proper tea. Not terrible but nothing I’m likely to return to soon.
Every ten years or so, I try drinking Moxie, just to see if I’m missing something - so far no.
Even here in Chicago at my grocery store it took me a little digging yesterday. There’s like I swear about fifty to sixty varieties of teas and tisanes they sell, and it took me a couple minutes to spot the one rooibos they stocked, and it was the Celestial Seasonings with Madagascar vanilla. (Given the descriptions here, that does not seem like a pairing I would expect.) Couldn’t find anything plain. I bought some, but haven’t had a chance to try it yet. I suspect I’ll like it fine, as I tend to like flavors most people don’t like, and I especially love herbal and astringent stuff (for example, I really like Moxie and have to buy a can anytime I’m in a region that sells it.)
Well, I just made myself a cup and it’s kinda hard for me to form any opinion on it. I’m not getting any strong flavor out of it, though I can definitely taste the vanilla. It does have a bit of a dry, astringent aftertaste, but I wouldn’t even know where to begin to describe the main flavor. Maybe earthy and leaf-y? Not bad, not great.
I think it’s pronounced something like “ROY-bush”, but I may be wrong.
That’s the gist of it, and somewhat of a consensus, too, from what I gather.
I have a variety of rooibos-based teas from The Republic of Tea, with various flavorings added, and like them. But then, I like flavored black, green, and white teas too. Plain rooibos is meh.
Yeah, “earthy” is a fair description of the flavor.
More like ROY-Boss. /ˈrɔɪbɒs/
I’ve never heard of it, but I’ve never tried any type of boiled-leaf beverage and don’t follow the product category. (I am of course familiar with some types through cultural osmosis, though, for instance Captain Picard liking a variety know as Earl Grey, which he prefers hot.)
Maybe I heard the Afrikaans pronunciation. Does Afrikaans tend to “Sean Connerify” its S into Sh, like Dutch?
No, that is the Afrikaans pronunciation (well, put into English phonemes)
Afrikaans doesn’t Sh its S.
You may have heard Dutch, that is how they pronounce it - Rooibosch. Or you heard an English brand that uses Ye Olde Tyme spelling as an affectation - Eleven O’Clock calls itself that overseas although they’re not stupid enough to try that cutesy shit here, where they spell it properly.
I’m a fan, though I don’t drink it straight, just as I don’t drink black tea unadulterated. Rooibos with a little honey and milk is absolutely delectable. There’s a small tea importer near me that adds vanilla to their rooibos and it’s magic. Or throw a little malted milk powder in there for a malted vanilla rooibos - mmm mmm mmm. It goes well with cinnamon and other spices, too - I find it to be quite versatile and the perfect evening hot beverage when I don’t want caffeine.
I like it, just like most herbal teas it tastes better to me than black tea. which is also OK but needs to have milk and sugar.