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ProfCrash · 10-08-2010, 07:53 PM

I have one tea that uses Green Rooibos, it is pretty yummy. I don't know the difference between the two.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooibos

OK so:

Rooibos is grown only in a small area in the region of the Western Cape province.[2] Generally, the leaves are oxidized, a process often, and inaccurately, referred to as fermentation by analogy with tea-processing terminology. This process produces the distinctive reddish-brown colour of rooibos and enhances the flavour. Unoxidized "green" rooibos is also produced, but the more demanding production process for green rooibos (similar to the method by which green tea is produced) makes it more expensive than traditional rooibos. It carries a malty and slightly grassy flavour somewhat different from its red counterpart.

10-08-2010, 07:53 PM	#3441
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I have one tea that uses Green Rooibos, it is pretty yummy. I don't know the difference between the two. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooibos OK so: Rooibos is grown only in a small area in the region of the Western Cape province.[2] Generally, the leaves are oxidized, a process often, and inaccurately, referred to as fermentation by analogy with tea-processing terminology. This process produces the distinctive reddish-brown colour of rooibos and enhances the flavour. Unoxidized "green" rooibos is also produced, but the more demanding production process for green rooibos (similar to the method by which green tea is produced) makes it more expensive than traditional rooibos. It carries a malty and slightly grassy flavour somewhat different from its red counterpart.