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What is the Rooibos Tea?

Rooibos(a scientific name and Aspalatus Linearis) The Aspalathus Linearis that is primary material of the rooibos tea andsolely cultivated at Cederberg Mountain in South Africa is classified into akind of the needle leaved tree and belongs to the pulse family.
In Afrikaans, rooi means "red" and bos means "bush".

The rooibos tea with the clear chestnut-color is flavorful and has no bitter taste, which often found in the tea.
The rooibos tea is completely free from caffeine and artificialpreservatives so that it is so safe drinking for people of all ages, from children up to elderly persons.

a leaf of Rooibos "AFRICAN DAWN" rooibos tea is produced and marketed by The Big Five Rooibos Company(pty)Ltd.
The Big Five Rooibos Company receive International Gold Star Award for Quality in Geneva, Switzerland.


AFRICAN DAWN ROOIBOS TEA

1.Caffeine free
Since caffeine has the action which raises nervous excitement and raises blood pressure, the drink containing caffeine is not a drink which feels easy and is recommended to anyone. Caffeine is not contained, but from a child, the point and rooibos tea feel easy about elderly one, and can be drunk.

2.Rich in Anti-oxidants(Anti-oxidizer)
An anti-oxidizer is the natural substance which delays or stops the chemical reaction of a substance.
Oxygen radical = there is work which eliminates an oxygen radical by the physiology activity substance which carries out the work which protects the body from the damage by the free radical (unnecessary by-product produced by metabolism).
The powerful anti-oxidizer is contained in rooibos tea.
There is a powerful and stabilized oxidization prevention agent with which it is called super-oxide dismutase (SOD) to the most important ingredient that Rooibos contains.

3.Low Tannninn Content
Tannin is contained in ordinary green tea and ordinary tea in large quantities, and serves as an ingredient of the bitter taste and astringent taste.The tannin content of rooibos tea averages and its taste is very good as few as 1 of the half a sum of green tea, and 1/8 of tea.
Moreover, we recommend you the rooibos tea of low tannin rather than stomach green tea and stomach green tea with much tannin in the weaker one.

4.High Mineral
If minerals, such as iron, copper, zinc, and manganese calcium, run short, the skin will carry out rustlingly, or a fall and immunity power of metabolism decline.
The indispensable mineral is abundantly contained in the ingredient of RUIBOSU so that the following ingredient table may be looking-obtained and may be known.

* Nutrition ingredient *
(Maker analysis value per 250ml of one-cup cups)
Iron(Fe)0.08 mg
Potassium(K)8.90 mg
Zinc(Z)0.05 mg
Manganese(Mn)0.05 mg
Copper(C)0.09 mg
Calcium(Ca)1.36 mg
Sodium(Na)7.70 mg
Magnesium(Mg)1.96 mg
Fluoride(F)0.28 mg
These values are approximate and may vary.

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