I am thrilled to launch my first South African product in the form of wild Cape Green Rooibos tea. Rooibos is a highly revered botanical, endemic to the southern tip, or cape, of South Africa - one of the most biodiverse regions of the World, where it grows alongside 100s of other endemic species in a Mediterranean class climate. Whereas millions of people around the world already drink the oxidised/fermented form of Rooibos, known as red rooibos, or commonly as redbush tea, our wild-harvested rooibos is purposefully green. You see, the potency is in the green.

Green rooibos vs red rooibos, is very much akin to the difference between green tea and black tea. Whereas red rooibos is only dried after it has undergone significant bruising and oxidation/fermentation, as is the case in the production of black tea from the green tea leaf harvest, green rooibos is simply freshly harvested and dried. As a result, just like with green tea, green rooibos has a much high polyphenol and antioxidant concentration, and, in particular, it is rich in a very interesting flavonoid polyphenol called Aspalathin, that is essentially unique to the rooibos plant (Aspalathus linearis). When rooibos is led through the standard issue bruising and oxidation/fermentation procedures, its leaves turn that characteristic red colour, but in the process, the majority of Aspalathin is degraded. Precisely, the same thing happens with the famed catechins of green tea, which are considerably degraded when camellia leaves are turned into black tea.

Now you can enjoy an infusion of this incredible South African bush everyday, just as Nature had intended - rich with Aspalathin, a compound that South African and numerous international scientists are viewing with great promise. Carefully hand-picked by dedicated harvesters across the Cape Floristic region of the SW Cape of South Africa, this wonderful tea is also organically certified by the Soil Association, in virtue of its wild provenance.

150g of loose leaf wild-harvested green rooibos tea in amber glass jar, under my exclusive, in-house, silver label - Radiant Revolutions. 

Directions for a polyphenol-rich brew.

Let 500ml of freshly boiled water cool down for a couple of minutes to approx 90°C, and then add 5-6 teaspoons of green rooibos to the water. Give it a quick stir, then let it sit, with the lid on, for 7-8 minutes. Strain and enjoy this smooth, mildly herbaceous, subtly sweet infusion in your favourite mug or glass.