Tazo African Red Bush Tea, 24 Tea Bags

by TAZO

Product Features

• Contains 20 individually wrapped tea bags

Product Description

Tazo African Red Bush is a complex blend of the legendary red bush tea of Africa, hibiscus flowers, lemon, and sweet spices. In the color of its amber liquor you can sometimes catch the blazing rays of an ancient, flaming sunset over the Great Rift Valley.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• ASIN: B0000DBN1G
• UPC: 089819054350
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,596 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Caffeine-Free Rooibos Blend, February 29, 2004

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tazo African Red Bush Tea, 24 Tea Bags (Misc.)

After growing up in Africa, one becomes rather fond of Rooibos tea and I never thought the day would arrive when I would recommend anything but a pure Rooibos tea. Tazo has taken Rooibos tea to a new level by blending African Rooibos (red bush) with hibiscus, lemon myrtle, lemon verbena, orange peel, rosemary, and lemon balm.

Rooibos has quite a distinctive fragrance that reminds me a bit of a fragrant flowers waving in a warm afternoon breeze after an African veld fire. I remember mixing in a tablespoon of condensed milk as a child. Now I mix in powdered milk and honey. Honey seems to bring out the rich flavors in this particular tea blend.

For some reason, this blend is rather delicious with a toasted and buttered cinnamon/raisin bagel.

I've recently rediscovered the health benefits of Rooibos although I can truly say I've been drinking this tea for most of my existence on this planet. Rooibos is naturally sweet, very aromatic and is high in magnesium, calcium, iron and copper. Mothers in Africa will often add an infusion of this tea to a bottle of milk for babies to cure colic.

An application of cold Rooibos tea can also aid in clearing the skin or is recommended for allergies, indigestion, insomnia and nervous tension. Just drinking the tea seems to improve your skin due to the high antioxidant levels, 50 times that of green tea!

This is one of the Tazo teas that should not be steeped for too long because of all the delicate flavors. If you enjoy this tea, you might also want to try Tazo Honeybush tea. I must say that the Tazo company really has my attention with their packaging, amusing tales of ancient Tazo wheels and they know how to blend tea to absolute perfection.

~The Rebecca Review

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite red bush tea, November 10, 2005

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C. Harry (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tazo African Red Bush Tea, 24 Tea Bags (Misc.)

Personally, I didn't like Tazo's Red Bush Tea very much. I've had three different kinds of roiboos teas so far and this was my least favorite. It seems like the flavor of roiboos itself is pretty mild, and in the case of Tazo's tea, the flavors they add completely overwhelm it. I found that I had to remove the tea bag very quickly lest the cup become overwhelmingly lemony and acidic. Perhaps other pallettes will appreciate the strength of those flavors. Personally, I couldn't wait to finish off the box so that I could find a better flavor.

The other roiboos teas I have tried have had a milder mix of flavors, to a much better overall effect. My personal choice right now is Trader Joe's Orange Spice Roiboos, which apparently can be bought in some, but not all of their stores. The orange flavor is much less up front than the lemon & citrus flavors in the tazo tea, and the overall effect of the other spices is very nice. The tea smells a lot like other spiced foods (pumpkin pie comes to mind) and is very nice on a gloomy afternoon. Also unlike the Tazo version, the flavor of this tea gets nicer and richer the longer you let the tea bag steep, although even just pouring the water over the bag and leaving it for a few seconds is usually enough for a nice cup. Admittedly, there are a lot of other roiboos teas I have not tried, but this one has been a hit with me because of its good flavor and local availability.

Keep in mind this is not the opinion of a tea expert, and I have never had roiboos tea in Africa so I don't know what it is supposed to taste like in its authentic presentation. Just my personal taste.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice herbal tea blend!, March 6, 2006

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Snowbrocade (Santa Barbara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tazo African Red Bush Tea, 24 Tea Bags (Misc.)

I purchased this tea with scepticism because I am a big rooibus fan--I get organic rooibus tea loose and brew it strong with cream. In general I think rooibus is a good tea that stands on its own--does not need additions. However, in this case rooibus was used as a base for a nice clean herbal tea blend. The flavor of rooibus is just the base note. Congratulations to Tazo for their light touch with hibiscus--if this tea is brewed properly--4 minutes max--it is light and refreshing. The touch of rosemary really adds a nice freshness to the blend. If you brew it too long it does decline into a sourness that overshadows the subltety of the other flavors. I use this when I want a simple herbal tea with no milk.