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Australian Teas: Discover the Flavours of Home-Grown Tea

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When most people think of tea, their minds wander to China, India or Japan. Yet Australia quietly produces some truly exceptional tea of its own, and Tea Lovers Australia is proud to offer a fantastic range of Australian Teas , grown and produced in the boutique tea growing regions of this remarkable country. Black Tea from the Daintree In the tropical far north of Queensland, beside the World Heritage listed Daintree Rainforest, lies one of the most unique tea growing regions on earth. Tea has been cultivated in this part of Australia since the late 1800s, and today the rich volcanic soils and warm, humid climate produce one of the finest Australian Teas of all, the wonderful black tea known as Australian Daintree. Tea Lovers' range of Australian Teas includes pure Australian Daintree black tea, along with specialty blends that combine this smooth black tea with native Australian herbs and spices. The result is a flavourful collection that captures the essence of the Australian b...
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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, ...
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