rooibos: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	redbush tea • red tea • Aspalathus linearis

Photos

White ceramic cup filled with reddish rooibos tea beside a metal infuser and loose dry rooibos leaves on a light blue wooden table.

Field of rooibos plants growing among dry, rocky soil in the Tra Tra Mountains, Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa, under a clear sky.

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Topics

Aspalathus