Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control Given these figures, it came as welcome news that last month China reduced import tariffs for South African Rooibos tea from between 15 ...

Rooibos tea, a caffeine-free drink made from the leaves of a shrub indigenous to South Africa, is part of the country’s heritage. The rooibos plant (Aspalathus linearis) grows in the mountainous ...

In cafes across Cape Town, brewing the perfect cup of rooibos has become a fine art. Measuring just the right amount of tea is key while great care is needed to not allow the leaves to swirl for too ...

Business is brisk these days for the 600 or so growers of rooibos, a caffeine-free herbal tea unique to South Africa's Western Cape province whose clients include Starbucks Corp. Production of the ...

South Africa’s rooibos tea industry paid 12.2 million rand ($716,000) to groups representing indigenous people in the country, part of a benefit-sharing agreement to recognize the original cultivators ...

Rooibos joins France's Champagne, Greece's feta cheese and Colombian coffee on the list. The tea is said to have numerous health benefits. The European Union has added a South African tea to its ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. High atop a remote plateau in South ...

A vacation in South Africa last year has turned me into an advocate for using rooibos as a secret ingredient in cooking. Rooibos (pronounced roy-bos) is an herbal tisane, popular for its lack of ...

A ground-breaking benefit-sharing agreement was signed in 2019 between South Africa’s lucrative rooibos herbal tea industry and two organisations representing Indigenous San and Khoi people.

Rooibos tea, a caffeine-free drink made from the leaves of a shrub indigenous to South Africa, is part of the country's heritage. The rooibos plant (Aspalathus linearis) grows in the mountainous ...

The European Union has added a South African tea to its register of products with a protected designation of origin. Ish Mafundikwa prepared this report for NPR's Newscast unit. Rooibos ("red bush" in ...