Honeybush

Adagio Teas – Honeybush

Adagio Teas Honeybush Tea is a South African Rooibos with a sweet, roasted flavor with a full body. Clean and refreshing, and naturally caffeine-free.

Honeybush is a sibling of Rooibos, cultivated in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region. Its flowers smell of honey, earning this plant a sweet name. The taste of our honeybush tea is similar to that of rooibos, though arguably a little sweeter. It has a smooth, gentle roasted flavor and slightly fuller bodied than rooibos. Clean, refreshing finish and naturally caffeine-free.

Leave the honey in the pantry because this herb comes married to the sweetener in its name. A delicacy from the Eastern Cape, this herb mixes well with other herbs and teas and has a pleasantly sweet flavor. Bring water to a boil and brew this sweet herb for a relaxing experience.

Tea Specifics:

Herbal Tea
No Caffeine
South Africa

Brewing Suggestions:

In order to get the best flavor out of your gourmet tisane, bring clean water to 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius) and steep one teaspoon of the herb for five minutes.

Fresh From Origin
The honeybush was first cited by Etienne Pierre Ventenat in 1808, and is one of 20 members of the Fabaceae family of flowering legume plants. Honeybush has dozens of species in the wild, of which mainly several grow widely in South Africa. It’s called Heuningbos in Afrikaans, the language of the Dutch settlers in South Africa) and also known botanically as Cyclopia or Ibbetsonia, named for the physiologist, Agnes Ibetson. Its taste is more like the leaves of its cousin, rooibos or red bush, but it is sweeter and fragrant as honey which is why the English name is honeybush.

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