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 ...

Dublin, June 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "The Tea and Coffee Industry in South Africa 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report focuses on the tea and ...

South Africa’s rooibos a hit with tea lovers across the world Robyn Curnow, CNN 4 minute read Updated 1:01 PM EDT, Thu May 3, 2012 Link Copied! South Africa's rooibos industry ...

Today, large plantations account for almost all of South Africa’s rooibos production, which hit 20,000 tons in 2019-20 — supporting enough sales worldwide to brew 6bn cups of tea.

Rooibos Tea Is Africa's First Food To Join The EU's List Of Protected Products. July 28, ... The rooibos-producing community in South Africa is justifiably excited about the certification.

To the Indigenous Khoi and San people of South Africa, rooibos tea is like mother’s milk, says Barend Salomo. Managing director of the Wupperthal Original Rooibos Cooperative (WORC), Salomo says ...

I've found a wide selection of rooibos at Townshend Tea Company, Teavana and New Seasons. Good thing since my habit of drinking rooibos daily in South Africa continues.

Rooibos tea, also known as red bush tea, contributed 500 million rand ($69 million) to South Africa’s gross domestic product last year, Business Day reported, citing the South African Rooibos ...

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.

South African exports have skyrocketed from barely 500 tons in 1996 to nearly 9,000 tons today. That's enough to fill 3.6 billion teabags. It's also increasingly being used as an ingredient in ...

Despite being South Africa’s biggest trade partner and one of the world’s largest tea consumers, China’s high tariff rates for South African Rooibos tea have meant that China was just South ...