Redbush

Today's the day .................... to empty the rucksack

Bit of sorting out been going on here today. Rob has been going through his rucksack and gave us this as a present from South Africa. It's a paper bag - handmade from elephant dung - inside which are two rooibos tea bags.

Rooibos, Afrikaans for red bush (scientific name Aspalathus linearis) is a broom-like member of the legume family of plants growing in South Africa. The plant is used to make a herbal tea variously called rooibos tea, bush tea, redbush tea, South African red tea, or just plain red tea. It has been popular in Southern Africa for generations and is now consumed in many countries.

I wonder if being carried about in a rucksack for a year will have made any difference to its taste .............?