Best Tea and Honey Herbal Teas and Red Tea
The plant that produces the leaf that makes true tea is called the Camellia Sinensis. It grows in tropical regions throughout the world today, after being imported from its native lands in the mountains of Southeast Asia. Yet while the Chinese brew a wonderful liquor from the leaves of the Camellia, healers all around the world have discovered many other leaves, seeds, flowers, and other parts of other plants, usually called herbs, that taste great and also have medical properties too, if brewed correctly. These herbal teas are properly called tisanes, while the brew of the Camellia plant’s leaves are true tea. In South Africa, one tisane called rooibus, which is simply Afrikaans for “red bush,” has an uncanny resemblance in flavor to true tea. Keep in mind that while rooibus has the usual herbal virtues of flavor and medical application, it is not a true tea!