Tagged: sustainability

The Same Long Steep That Is Kind to Rooibos Is Not Kind to a Mesh Tea Bag

Rooibos rewards a long steep at a full boil with no bitterness penalty. That exact combination, near-boiling water held for many minutes, is also what tea-bag research finds strips the most microplastic out of a nylon or polypropylene mesh bag.

Rooibos Pays the Khoi and San for Their Knowledge

Since 2019 the rooibos industry has paid the Khoi and San a share of its earnings for the knowledge that the red bush makes a drink. Here is how that came about, how the levy works, and the argument that it does not go far enough.