Red tea
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51818)
St. Catharines, Ontario
April 22, 2009 1:29pm CST
I got a sample of red tea today... otherwise known as Rooibos (Roy-boss). It has an earthy aroma and a distinctive red color. It's supposed to have health benefits, but when I went to the website on the sample package, I couldn't find any listed.
Have you had red tea, do you like it, and do you know what the health benefits are?
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5 responses
@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 May 09
Oh, yes, I've tasted it. It takes a bit getting used to, but it's not bad.
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@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
24 Apr 09
I think this is a South African tea. I knew a lady from South Africa and she had people bring it for her whenever they went there. I'm not a big tea drinker. I drink iced tea in the summer. Any type of real tea will do me just fine.
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Apr 09
Yes, that's what it says on the back of the box:
"a plant grown and harvested only in the foothills of the
Cederberg Mountains of South Africa".
Have you ever tried it?
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
24 Apr 09
I drank it at a South Africans house. I didn't find it so special, but of course I said it was delicious. Tasted like normal tea to me, but I'm not a teas conusuor. (sp) The lady who served it to me passed away a few years ago, just a few weeks after her best friend. Sad, but having friends who are seniors, it happens.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
9 May 09
Red tea helps to control your appetite, so is very helpful for weight control.
It has magnesium, potassium and copper. It works also as very good anti-depressant...
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 May 09
Thanks for that information. I guess I'd have to drink it for more than a week to see any significant results but I did feel slightly better the week I tried it.
@raydene (9871)
• United States
22 Apr 09
Hello Doll
I drink it often along with a
mixture that I mix for myself.
It's a free radical fighter..
it has a ton of flavinoids
I think even more the green tea
I used to give it to my kids when they had
a stomach upset or when my girls had
those dreaded monthy cramps.
I like it at night because it
is very calming.
If you find the favor too earthy
mixing with mints or ginger will help.
xooxoxxoxo
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Apr 09
The flavor's not too bad, but it's different from some bottled Rooibos tea I had in the summer. I don't remember the bottled stuff smelling quite so "funky", either.
@Archie0 (5654)
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22 Apr 09
Well i never heard about red tea before.neither i know about its health benefits. but if it has some good health benefits like profiting for skin i would definetly love to know then.lolz
yes i heard that green tea helps a lot in case of benefitting to skin and as cutting weight at some small extent, so i am regular to green tea with basil.but i am unknown to red tea yet.
@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Apr 09
I think it has antioxident properties. But then, so does other tea.
