ROOIBOS CAPPUCCINO TEA

Rooibos espresso is a healthy alternative to coffee espresso. It can be prepared in an espresso machine like regular coffee to create cuppachino or latte. It is best served with honey and dusted with cinamon.

The product is made from the Rooibos shrub that is indigenous to the mountains of South Africas Western Cape.

More than 300 years ago, the inhabitants of those mountains started collecting Rooibos leaves and used them for making tea. During the past 3 centuries, Rooibos tea has been used in various cultures for many different medicinal purposes.

It contains many natural antioxidants, and unlike black tea, it does not contain caffeine and has a very low tannin content. Technically speaking, Rooibos is loaded with polyphenols (flavinoids and phenolic acids). It is, in large part, the high content of these antioxidants that give it the qualities that make it a very useful herb in the treatment of many different ailments.

In addition to helping counteract the oxidative stresses of contemporary life, many South African herbalists use it to help curb anxiety and even help with insomnia as it presumably affects the metabolism of one of the brain messengers (acetylcholine). In other cultures, it is used to treat allergies, as it seems to interfere with histamine. In addition, it is used to treat infant colic, as it tends to have anti-spasmodic properties in the intestines.

A very tasty caffeine free substitute for coffee. It contains many natural antioxidants, and is used to curb anxiety.