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Why More Australians Prefer to Buy Loose Leaf Tea

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If you’re looking to buy loose leaf tea online , TeaLovers.com.au offers one of Australia’s largest and most diverse specialty tea collections. We source premium teas directly from respected growers across Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, China, India and beyond, giving you access to authentic flavour and exceptional quality. More Australians are choosing to buy loose leaf tea as they move away from supermarket tea bags in search of better taste and transparency. At Tea Lovers, we focus on freshness, character and craftsmanship. Loose leaf teas are generally less processed than commercial tea bags, helping preserve their natural antioxidants, aroma and full-bodied flavour. Whether you’re new to specialty tea or already a daily drinker, there is something to suit every preference. Our carefully curated range includes Japanese green teas , Taiwanese oolongs, traditional black teas, European-inspired flavoured blends, herbal infusions, fruit teas, rooibos, honeybush and a growing collecti...

Rooibos & Herbal Infusions Tea - Tealovers.com.au

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Rooibos tea is a herbal infusion made from the Aspalathus linearis bush shrub that is native to South Africa. Rooibos isn’t actually a tea in the sense that it doesn’t come from the camellia sinensis plant – It is a herb that infuses in water to make a nutritious herbal beverage. Similarly to the production of tea, rooibos tea leaves (leaves form the Aspalathus linearis shrub) are cut, dried and fermented to produce a reddish-brown coloured leaf. Indigenous to South Africa, rooibos tea is the popular drink found in most South African households and is now currently sold in over 60 countries worldwide. It is interesting to know about how rooibos tea was first discovered. In the 1700’s early Dutch settlers in Cape Town discovered rooibos tea as an alternative to drinking expensive black tea from Europe at the time.  A European botanist Carl Thuinberg who visited Cape Town in 1772, studied the rooibos plant and the tea that could be brewed from it. Following this, ...