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Rooibos chai recipe

Posted in Organic farming, Rooibos recipes, Rooibos tea health, Rooibos tea products on 04/07/2009 08:51 am by admin

Chai or more precisely Masala chai is a very popular drink in South Asia and particularly in India. The main ingredients of chai are a very strong black tea, milk and various spices among which cardamom, cinnamon and ginger. The result is a very sweet drink <a style=’display:none;’ href=http://rooibos-benefits.com > Rooibos tea </a> full of spices that some regard almost as food.

Many of us might be put of by the high amount of caffeine of chai. Fortunately this is where Rooibus tea comes in.

Rooibos tea with is strong aroma can stand its ground to black tea and thus it can be used as a substitute in a variation on the chai recipe. This time we get a very similar strong beverage without the caffeine content.

Ingredients: ( 4 servings )

4 cups of water

1 cup of whole milk

2 tablespoons of brown sugar

2 slices of ginger

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2 cinnamon sticks

1 tablespoon of whole cloves

1/2 tablespoon of whole black peppercorn

2 tablespoons of rooibos leaves

Preparation:

Mix all the ingredients together and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and stir ocasionally boiling for another 20 minutes. Serve hot.

Alternative: Mix together all the ingredients except the milk. Boil for 20 minutes. Store in fridge. Add hot milk before serving.

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Rooibos in cosmetics and skin care

Posted in Rooibos tea health, Rooibos tea products on 11/12/2008 09:57 am by admin

Very often we find ourselves puzzled by the wisdom of nature. Herbs and weeds are offered to us in abundance at every step to alleviate pain, to soothe us and to help with our sleep. On the other hand it is not surprising that this lore slips us westerners by. So we turn for this wisdom to people who live in a different world in a different time frame. Where conversations last for weeks where meals are cooked for an entire day and where weeds are carefully selected, hand picked and left to dry in the sun we find the indigenous peoples of various lands who can teach us volumes about our bodies and the true way of life.

Turning again to the Kohi tribe in south Africa we find that rooibos is not only an amazing beverage from which our health can benefit. From the extract of rooibos the natives have been making all sorts of preparations used for the care of the body.

A cup of rooibos added to one’s daily bath can alleviate all kinds of skin problems. From eczema and psoriasis to itching and general skin dryness. Even healthy skin can benefit.

In later years we find more and more cosmetic products with rooibos extract. Soaps, lotions, shampoos available on the shelves of specialized stores from around the world promoting the benefits of rooibos

Rooibos has come a long way from an unknown herb being used by an isolated tribe to the place it deserves among teas and now cosmetics. And I’m sure that with the scientific research going on well soon find some new interesting ways to benefit from this amazing plant.