Tagged: legume

1. 01 The place · 17 Aug 2026 The Soil Under Rooibos Cannot Tell It Is Farmed Someone sequenced the soil bacteria under wild rooibos and under a farmed field nearby. No significant difference turned up, which unpicks a tidy sustainability claim.
2. 02 The cup · 15 Apr 2026 Rooibos Is Caffeine-Free. It Was Never Decaffeinated. Rooibos is caffeine-free, which is a different claim from "decaffeinated." Here is the botany, and what decaffeination leaves behind in the coffee that needs it.
3. 03 The plant · 5 Feb 2026 The Red Bush Changes Its Own Soil, Then Changes It Back Nobody fertilises a rooibos field. The plant grows in famously hungry soil by striking a daily bargain with bacteria that live in its own roots, one it renegotiates every morning and, by the record's own reading, lets lapse every night.