Herbal Tea: Rooibos & Honeybush
Rooibos and Honeybush are both indigenous to South Africa. Both of them offer significant health benefits and both have unique flavors with natural sweetness and an ability to blend with many other herbs to create interesting beverage experiences.
Rooibos; Herbal with Power and Pizazz, but no Caffeine!
Rooibos (/ˈrɔɪbɒs/ ROY-Boss; Afrikaans: [rɔːibɔs], meaning "red bush"), or Aspalathus linearis, is a broom-like member of the plant family Fabaceae that grows in South Africa's fynbos biome. The leaves are used to make a herbal tea that is called rooibos, bush...
Rooibos and Other Herbal Adventures
A while ago I realized about how much we love Rooibos in our shop. And we sell a lot of it.
Honeydew, Lime, and Rooibos Smoothie
Diane shows you how to make a Honeydew Lime Ginger Rooibos Smoothie…
What Can Herbal Tea Do For Your Dog?
Your pets might be able to receive the same benefits when they ingest the right kind of tea under your supervision…
Five Best Teas for Skin
Here are five teas you need to try out that will do wonders for your skin and make it look healthy and glowy.
How to Brew Rooibos
Here at T Ching, we are proud to be featuring these delightful and informative videos by Diane Walden of Cal Teas. Here is an informative video about rooibos and how to brew it! Rooibos is the super-herb from South Africa. (Learn more about Rooibos & see our many...
Three Alternatives to Regular Black Tea: Green Tea, White Tea, Red Tea
Guest post by Dakota Murphey Did you know that, after water, tea is the most popular drink in the world? Not so surprising when you consider that 165 million cups of tea are drunk every day in the UK alone. After Turkey and Ireland, the UK is the third biggest tea...
Review: Rooilife Rooibos Tea
Last week I got to try a new (to me) brand of rooibos tea--that is, Rooilife rooibos tea. The first thing that struck me was the packaging. Up until that point, I don't think I've seen tea packaging I would consider truly appealing. This box of tea bags has a great...
What IS NOT tea?
What about all these other “teas”? Confusion about what is a true tea comes from the indiscriminate use of the word “tea.” It seems that any beverage made from hot water and a plant ends up with the appellation “tea.” People say they like mint tea, rooibos tea, yerba mate tea, and others
Green rooibos – A gem
We’re sniffing out (literally and figuratively) great teas and herbals all the time. That’s part of our very fun and rewarding career in specialty tea retailing. One of the best possible experiences is when you find that gem, that jewel…
Positive results with Bunn’s Trifecta
Upon opening our third store, we thought it would be fun to try a product that Bunn had previously been selling only to coffee shops and use it to make tea. Adagio Teas is currently the only tea shop to carry the Trifecta…