Rooibos - an alternative to tea and coffee

Rooibos is a plant that has long been familiar to many thanks to its stunning medicinal and tonic qualities. Rooibos is consumed as a tea, and can serve as an excellent alternative to traditional coffee and tea. This is possible due to the peculiarities of the plant. First, the tea made from Rooibos has a tonic the nervous system and invigorating effect on the entire body, in effect no different from coffee or strong tea. However, Rooibos has a distinct advantage: it is absolutely no caffeine.





And it's not all pluses. In ribose contains a lot of antioxidants. This is an active substances, renewing the cells of the body, preventing or slowing the process stareniya help fight many diseases. Therefore, because of such positive properties nutritionists recommend drinking tea made from Rooibos high blood pressure and diabetes.





Rooibos also contains many useful substances and microelements: iron (only 3 cups of this tea will give your body the daily dose), copper, sodium, fluoride and potassium – a set of substances makes Rooibos ideal partner for the growth and maintenance of body tone, which is very important for athletes, children and pregnant women. Rooibos has a rich bouquet of aroma and sweet flavor. When you buy Rooibos in the store should pay attention to smell, color and consistency. Leaves must be loose, leaf color is red-brown, quite bright, smell fresh and pleasant. If you saw Rooibos with yellow leaves, this means that the plant is already old and unsuitable, or improperly stored and also it is not worth buying. Sometimes found slightly sloppy cuts, resulting in fall the leaves yellow stalks. There is nothing to worry, this is the normal color of the twigs of bushes and no changes of properties or taste ribose will not follow.







And finally, last question: how to make tea? In this process no tricks no, Rooibos is brewed exactly the same, and other kinds of herbal teas.

 

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