Rooibos Tea
How to make this red-colored herbal tea properly, hot and cold.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup water, + more to warm teapot
- 1 ½ teaspoons rooibos loose tea
INSTRUCTIONS
- Boil water.If using an electric kettle with temperature setting, set it to 208°F. Filtered water is best. ½Boil a little more water than needed so that it can be used to warm up the teapot.
- Warm up teapot.Pour some hot water into a teapot and swirl it around. Discard the water.
- Put rooibos tea into teapot and add hot water.
- Cover teapot and steep for 5 minutes.
- Strain rooibos solids and pour hot tea into a teacup.
EQUIPMENT
NOTES
TO MAKE COLD BREW ICED ROOIBOS TEA
1. Put rooibos tea and water in a pitcher or glass container.
Filtered water is best for a better tasting iced tea.
2. Cover pitcher and put in refrigerator for at least 12 hours.
3. Strain out rooibos solids and pour tea into a cup with ice.
Ice is optional since the tea is already chilled.
Hot Rooibos Tea Brewing Guide
Hot Rooibos Tea Brewing Guide
- TEA: 1 ½ teaspoons loose rooibos tea or 1 tea sachet
- WATER: 1 cup (8 fl. oz.)
- WATER TEMPERATURE: 208°F
- STEEP TIME: 5 minutes
- TEA: 1 ½ teaspoons loose rooibos tea or 1 tea sachet
- WATER: 1 cup (8 fl. oz.)
- WATER TEMPERATURE: Cold water
- STEEP TIME: 12 hours
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