Do you like drinking the tasty Rooibos Tea? It is from the mountains of South Africa and many people enjoy drinking it all over the world. It has a pleasant flavour you can use with lots of other flavours.
Let’s look at more about rooibos tea and what you can enjoy with it.
What Does Rooibos Tea Taste Like?
Rooibos Tea is sometimes called Red Bush Tea and it is known for having a little bit of a sweet and nutty flavour with a few earthy undertones.
Some people also say it has a slight caramel flavour with is very enjoyable. It is very popular because of how naturally sweet it tastes.
Citrus and Rooibos
Many of our customers like drinking rooibos tea with some kind of citrus fruit alongside it. You can add a bit of lemon juice or orange zest to your rooibos and it will taste nice.
Vanilla and Rooibos
If you like sweet drinks then you can add some vanilla to your rooibos to make it even sweeter.
This is a very nice replacement for sugary drinks from coffee shops. You can also use this flavour in biscuits and cakes.
Cinnamon and Rooibos
If you like things like pumpkin spice lattes then you will really like cinnamon and rooibos together. The taste is a little bit warm and spicy but also really sweet and if you add milk it can taste creamy too.
Honey and Rooibos
Honey is another very popular flavour to add to rooibos tea which lots of our customers enjoy.
It is also another flavour you can use in baking and cooking for sweet treats. It makes very tasty biscuits and loaf cakes.
Fruit and Rooibos
Many customers add fresh fruit to their rooibos tea especially if they like drinking it as iced tea.
Popular fruits are sweet things like mango or strawberry but you can really add any fruit you enjoy in tea.
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Rooibos Tea in Cooking
You can use rooibos tea in more than just drinking too. Let’s find out the different ways you can add rooibos tea to things you are cooking in the kitchen.
Rooibos Tea in Desserts
Add rooibos into pretty much any of your baking for a little bit of the nice caramel kind of flavour rooibos is known so well for. You can also add it to things like custard.
Rooibos Tea in Sauces and Glazes
BBQ glazes are an easy place to start when making sauces and glazes using rooibos tea. If you want a savoury sauce to also be a little sweet then use rooibos to sweeten it up.
Rooibos Tea with Proteins
Marinate meats like chicken, pork, or tofu in a Rooibos tea blend. The natural sweetness and earthiness will tenderise the proteins and leave them tasting very nice.
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It is time to go and explore rooibos in the kitchen. Add it to just about anything you feel like to see if the flavours work. You never know rooibos might surprise you someplace unexpected.
References
travislyle. (2020, October 30). The history of rooibos tea. Klipopmekaar. https://www.klipopmekaar.co.za/rooibos-tea-history/#:~:text=The%20recorded%20history%20of%20rooibos
