Thai Cooking Uk

Customer Review: Idiosyncratic, charming, and delicious
My husband bought this for me on a business trip to Bangkok. It has recipes for "Meat Loaf" and "Delicious Hamberger" (spelled like that), and I tried the Hamberger recipe: it was reallly good!!!

Rooibos Tea

It is naturally caffeine free

It contains potassium and copper which are good for metabolism

It contains calcium, manganese and fluoride, which are essential for the development of strong bones and teeth

It contains zinc and alpha-hydroxy which is good for the skin

It's a rich source of anti-oxidants

It soothes headaches and eases digestion

Studies show that this tea contains anti - spasmodic agents, which can relieve stomach cramping and colic in infants.

Rooibos has increased in popularity not only because of its wonderful colour and taste, but because of all the great things it can do for your health.

In South Africa, the tea is usually drank with milk and sugar but elsewhere, it is drank on its own. It also makes an excellent iced tea and can be drank hot or cold.

Rooibos is a member of the legume family of plants. The shrub can grow up to 2 meters in height and produces small yellow flowers in spring through early summer. Only the leaves and twigs are used. The leaves are harvested in summer and similar to other tea processing methods of the Camellia Sinensis plant, the leaves are oxidized which gives the tea its distinctive reddish-brown colour.

Rooibos tea is making its mark in the world, not just for its taste and flavor but also because of the many health benefits this tea has to offer. Also known as "Red Bush", this tea is naturally caffeine free. It contains no colors, additives or preservatives, making it a natural beverage of choice for the health conscious.

Rooibos (pronounced roy-boss) is harvested from needle-like leaves and stems of the plant Aspalathus linearis. It is grown in the Cederberg region of the Western Cape province in South Africa. This humble herb, indigenous to this select region is slowly is making its way into tea houses and shops around the world.