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Blueberry Bang Rooibos
ROOIBOS 50g
GRADE – Choice Grade #1
CAFFEINE/ANTIOXIDANT LEVEL: Caffeine free herb/ Medium
Cup characteristics: Sprightly fresh fruit character that conjures memories of tiny flavourful blueberries. The aroma portends a wonderful taste experience.
Luxury ingredients: Rooibos, Hibiscus, Apple pieces, Elderberries, Currants (a.k.a. Corinthian raisins), American blueberries, European Blueberries (a.k.a. Bilberries), Cornflower petals, Natural flavours.
£ 5.70
In stock
PRODUCT ID: 451
Description
Blueberry bang Rooibos, we admit, is a strange name for a cup of tea. To explain we like you to 1930’s New Brunswick. In those days a German immigrant named Frederick Wolfhasen began experimenting with new machines to facilitate the picking of the low growing wild blueberries that grew in abundance around his farm. Searching for the ultimate apparatus, Frederick built machines with pulleys, ropes, and bicycle pedals, you name it.
Everything went swimmingly until one day in August of 1934 when he fired up his latest invention, a diesel powered picker. A half mile away, Frederick’s wife Gisela began to prepare lunch; a German pancake made from flour, shortening and sugar. As she mixed she heard what would later be described by the dairyman, who doubled as the local reporter, as a ‘loud clap, booming and most frightful. Running outside, Gisela froze in her tracks as she saw what would later be described by the same dairyman as, ‘a wall, nay, a tidal wave of blueberries flying towards the house.
Moments later Gisela was plastered. Frederick, whose English was still not all that good, covered the half mile back to the farm house in a mere 5 minutes yelling. “Blueberries! Bang! Gisela!” Over and over as he did so. By the time he arrived, Gisela was already stirring her dough which was now peppered richly with deliciously sweet wild blueberries. In 30 minutes they sat down to the most delicious dish either of them had ever eaten. 90 years or so later, Blueberry Bang Rooibos tea was born as a tribute to the Wolfhasens.
Caffeine free, rich in minerals and with high vitamin content, wonderful hot or cold, this tea has the mellow qualities of Rooibos with the character of fresh wild blueberries. Wunderbar!
HOT BREWING METHOD:
Bring filtered or freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 slightly heaping teaspoon of loose tea for each 7-9oz / 200-260ml of fluid volume in the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot. Cover and let steep for 3-7 minutes according to taste (the longer the steeping time the stronger the tea). Add milk & sugar to taste. Ideal Brewing Temperature: 100ºC/212ºF.
ICED TEA BREWING METHOD
(Pitcher): (to make 1 liter/quart): Place 6 slightly heaping teaspoons of loose rooibos into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Using filtered or freshly drawn cold water, boil and pour 1¼ cups/315ml over the rooibos. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the brewed rooibos into your serving pitcher, straining the rooibos or removing the bags. Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste. A rule of thumb when preparing freshly brewed iced rooibos is to increase the strength of the hot rooibos brew since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold water.
(Individual Serving): Place 1 slightly heaping teaspoon of loose rooibos into a teapot for each serving required. Using filtered or freshly drawn cold water, boil and pour 6-7oz/170-200ml per serving over the rooibos. Cover and let steep for 5 minutes. Add hot rooibos herbal tea to a 12oz/375ml acrylic glass filled with ice, straining the rooibos or removing the bags. Not all of the tea will fit, allowing for approximately an additional ½ serving. Sweeten and/or add lemon to taste. A rule of thumb when preparing freshly brewed iced rooibos is to increase the strength of hot rooibos since it will be poured over ice and diluted.
We strongly recommend using filtered or freshly drawn cold water brought to a rolling boil when brewing all types of tea. Today’s water has been known to carry viruses, parasites and bacteria. Boiling the water will kill these elements and reduce the potential incidence of water-borne illnesses.
