Tagged: green rooibos
Green vs Red Rooibos: What Oxidation Changes
Green and red rooibos come from the same bush. One step, oxidation, sets them apart, and it changes the colour, the taste, and how much of the antioxidant aspalathin survives. Here is the difference, plainly.
Rooibos Extract Starts Fading the Moment It Is Made
The label on a supplement bottle or a jar of face cream says "rooibos extract." Here is what that actually means, how a factory makes it, and the one problem the powder creates for itself the moment it is made.
The Calm Cup Claim, and How Far the Evidence Reaches
Rooibos removes caffeine from the evening question entirely, and a small run of animal studies on green rooibos extract has begun asking whether it does more. Here is what genuinely holds up, and what is still a finding in worms and fish, not yet in you.
Brewing Rooibos
The complete reference on brewing rooibos: how much leaf, what water temperature, how long to steep, why a long steep never turns the cup bitter, how to make it iced or as a latte, and how green rooibos differs from red.