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Honey Bush Tea (Organic) - 20 - Bag
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Price Last Updated : 10-30-2008
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On the slopes of the scenic Kouga Mountains of the Southern Cape in a totally unpolluted environment grows a very special fynbush plant - the honeybush, the name stemming from the scent of the flowers when blooming. More than 20 different species of honeybush are known of which mainly three species are used to produce tea namely cyclopia intermedia - bergtee (mountain tea), found on the drier mountain slopes and flowering during September/October, cyclopia subternata - vleitee (swamp tea), found in the lower, wetter areas flowering September/October and cyclopia sessiliflora - Heidelbergtea, from the Heidelberg (Cape) area, flowering May/June. Honeybush is indigenous to the Southern and Western Cape and although commercially harvested and processed the commercial cultivation of Honeybush is still being researched and it is doubtful whether any substantial results would be obtained in this regard in the near future. This means that for the present Honeybush is harvested in its natural habitat in a totally unpolluted environment and further processed under very strict supervision and according to very strict hygienic standards. As far back as 1830 Honeybush has been noted as a tonic for colds and influenza, according to Watt (1932) it gave appetite to children who did not want to eat, it was also used at times of chronic catarrh (an infection of the mucous membrane of the nose ear and stomach) as well as pulmonic tuberculosis. The tea is free from any alkaloids, and has a caffeine contents of <0.1%, in comparison with oriental tea which contains from 25% to 30% tannin Honeybush contains only 0.45% tannin, thus very little stimulants. Tannin and Caffein Tannin and caffeine have various negative effects in that tannin binds with protein substances in the stomach to form insoluble components. Tannin acid however leads to constipation and enhances bloodcurdling. The constipation is as a result of the fact that tannin acid causes proteins to coagulate in the intesti
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Honey Bush Tea (Organic) - 20 - Bag
by African Red Teas
Available from Amazon
Price: $6.55
on 10-30-2008
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