So you want to make a cup of rooibos and you want to know the optimal boil time or “steeping time”. Well, that depends largely on if you are drinking it for health reasons or simply for taste. For taste you’ll have to be the judge (their your taste buds after all). Begin with 5 [...]
You pronounce Rooibos: “ROY-boss” Just as if you were at a job were your Boss was named Roy. For Example: “Hey Roy! Yo Roy, Boss stop yelling!” In some instances you’ll find it spelled “rooibosch” (old Dutch) but the pronunciation always remains the same. Incidentally, rooibos means “red bush” in Afrikaans. In case you were [...]