Tagged: caffeine-free

Rooibos Is Caffeine-Free. It Was Never Decaffeinated.

Rooibos has never contained a milligram of caffeine, and that is a different claim from "decaffeinated." Here is the botany behind the difference, and what decaffeination actually leaves behind in the tea and coffee that need it.

Rooibos and Health: What the Science Supports

A reference on rooibos and health, sorted by how strong the evidence is: what is settled (caffeine-free, low in tannins, antioxidant-rich), what one small human trial suggests, what is shown only in animals, and what has no clinical support at all.

Rooibos

Rooibos is the caffeine-free infusion made from Aspalathus linearis, a needle-leaved legume grown only in South Africa's Cederberg. This is the canonical account of what it is, where it comes from, how red and green styles are made, what the science says, and how to brew it.