Cathy, I know Botswana is a separate country from RSA, but are you
familiar with "Bush Tea"? It is frequently mentioned in Alexander
McCall Smith's Ladies' Detective Agency series. I've googled, but
found nothing enlightening. Just thought you might be able to satisfy
my curiosity. Thanks!
Ruth

On Jan 8, 10:25*am, Mookie > wrote:
> Cathy, I know Botswana is a separate country from RSA, but are you
> familiar with "Bush Tea"? *It is frequently mentioned in Alexander
> McCall Smith's Ladies' Detective Agency series. *I've googled, but
> found nothing enlightening. *Just thought you might be able to satisfy
> my curiosity. *Thanks!
> Ruth

I'm not Cathy, and I'm not in RSA - but I think bush tea = Roibos
tea. It's not technically tea (not camellia senensis), but it tastes
a lot like it, and is caffeine free as far as I understand it.

It's the only non-tea "tea" I like.

Thanks
Michelle

Michelle wrote:
> On Jan 8, 10:25 am, Mookie > wrote:
>> Cathy, I know Botswana is a separate country from RSA, but are you
>> familiar with "Bush Tea"? It is frequently mentioned in Alexander
>> McCall Smith's Ladies' Detective Agency series. I've googled, but
>> found nothing enlightening. Just thought you might be able to satisfy
>> my curiosity. Thanks!
>> Ruth
>
> I'm not Cathy, and I'm not in RSA - but I think bush tea = Roibos
> tea. It's not technically tea (not camellia senensis), but it tastes
> a lot like it, and is caffeine free as far as I understand it.
>
> It's the only non-tea "tea" I like.
>
> Thanks
> Michelle

Not Cathy here either, and I'm in the wilds of Northern California. I
know it as "rooibos". Very tasty and, as Michelle says, is
caffeine-free and not actually a tea. I have purchased it, and other
tea stuff, from The Tea Trader in Calgary:
http://teatrader.com/SouthAfrica.html. In addition to the rooibos, I
also like their Imperial Black #10 which *is* a black tea and is
wonderful. No commercial interest, just a satisfied customer for some
years now.

HTH,
TammyM

On Jan 9, 1:29*pm, TammyM > wrote:
> Michelle wrote:
> > On Jan 8, 10:25 am, Mookie > wrote:
> >> Cathy, I know Botswana is a separate country from RSA, but are you
> >> familiar with "Bush Tea"? *It is frequently mentioned in Alexander
> >> McCall Smith's Ladies' Detective Agency series. *I've googled, but
> >> found nothing enlightening. *Just thought you might be able to satisfy
> >> my curiosity. *Thanks!
> >> Ruth
>
> > I'm not Cathy, and I'm not in RSA - but I think bush tea = Roibos
> > tea. *It's not technically tea (not camellia senensis), but it tastes
> > a lot like it, and is caffeine free as far as I understand it.
>
> > It's the only non-tea "tea" I like.
>
> > Thanks
> > Michelle
>
> Not Cathy here either, and I'm in the wilds of Northern California. *I
> know it as "rooibos". *Very tasty and, as Michelle says, is
> caffeine-free and not actually a tea. *I have purchased it, and other
> tea stuff, from The Tea Trader in Calgary:http://teatrader.com/SouthAfrica.html. *In addition to the rooibos, I
> also like their Imperial Black #10 which *is* a black tea and is
> wonderful. *No commercial interest, just a satisfied customer for some
> years now.
>
> HTH,
> TammyM- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks, to You, Tammy, and to Michelle.
Ruth

Mookie wrote:

> Cathy, I know Botswana is a separate country from RSA, but are you
> familiar with "Bush Tea"? It is frequently mentioned in Alexander
> McCall Smith's Ladies' Detective Agency series. I've googled, but
> found nothing enlightening. Just thought you might be able to satisfy
> my curiosity. Thanks!
> Ruth

What Tammy and Michelle said, i.e. rooibos tea. Very popular here too -
except with me. Can't stand the stuff <laugh> Tastes kinda "smoky" to
me.

However, Wiki has some fairly good info on it if you're curious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooibos_tea

And if you're *really* curious you can buy some on-line at Amazon.com
and try it yourself <g>

http://www.google.com/products?q=roo...uct_result _g
or
http://tinyurl.com/yg6kahw
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Jan 10, 3:45*am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> Mookie wrote:
> > Cathy, I know Botswana is a separate country from RSA, but are you
> > familiar with "Bush Tea"? *It is frequently mentioned in Alexander
> > McCall Smith's Ladies' Detective Agency series. *I've googled, but
> > found nothing enlightening. *Just thought you might be able to satisfy
> > my curiosity. *Thanks!
> > Ruth
>
> What Tammy and Michelle said, i.e. rooibos tea. Very popular here too -
> except with me. Can't stand the stuff <laugh> Tastes kinda "smoky" to
> me.
>
> However, Wiki has some fairly good info on it if you're curious:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooibos_tea
>
> And if you're *really* curious you can buy some on-line at Amazon.com
> and try it yourself <g>
>
> http://www.google.com/products?q=roo...TF-8&um=1&ie=U...
> orhttp://tinyurl.com/yg6kahw
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

Thank you, Cathy. I appreciate the description of the taste and and
your rereaction to it.
Ruth

Mookie wrote:


> Thank you, Cathy. I appreciate the description of the taste and and
> your rereaction to it.
> Ruth

My pleasure, Ruth. Only thing is I am one of the few people I know of in
the southern hemisphere who dislikes it - so please don't let my taste
put you off trying it and making up your own mind ;-)
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> Mookie wrote:
>
>
>> Thank you, Cathy. I appreciate the description of the taste and and
>> your rereaction to it.
>> Ruth
>
> My pleasure, Ruth. Only thing is I am one of the few people I know of in
> the southern hemisphere who dislikes it - so please don't let my taste
> put you off trying it and making up your own mind ;-)

It's *really* yuk!

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