Honeybush herbal tea

Figure 3. Intensity attribute ratings for African herbal teas (Honeybush, Kinkeliba, Lippia, and the blend).

McKay DL, Blumberg JB. 2007. A review of the bioactivity of South African herbal teas Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and honeybush (Cyclopia intermedia). Phy-totherap Res 21 1-16. 

Figure 1 Effect of fermented and green rooibos (Rf Rg) and honeybush (Hf Hg) on the hepatic redox status (reduced to oxidized glutathione ratio) of rats consuming the various herbal teas for 10 weeks. The control group consumed water (Data are from reference 50)...

Four herbal teas were evaluated , Honeybush tea , Kinkehba tea , Lippia tea, and a blended tea (10 1 Honeybush Lippia). These teas belonged to the 2005 production. One liter of each sample was brewed with 14.4 g of tea (six tea bags) every horn. Each liter of tea was sweetened with 20 grams of sugar and kept warm in an eight-cup coffee server. At the end of each hom-, the imused tea was discarded and the servers were rinsed and filled with the freshly brewed tea. Each tea was poured just before the panelist rated it to ensure all the teas were served at the same temperature. 

All packaged finished herbal teas exhibited low values of moisture (<10%), while Lippia was higher at moisture contents ranging from 11 to 12% (Table I). Rooibos and Honeybush were characterized by low levels of fine particles (less than 0.3%), while all the other herbal teas contained higher values (>1%), and the Kinkeliba teas processed during 2005 and 2006 with the highest levels (8%). 

Each of the African herbal teas including Honeybush, Kinkeliba, Lemongrass, Lippia and Rooibos were found to be caffeine free. Analysis by... 

Figure 2. HPLC chromatogram of caffeine standard (top), coffee (middle) and Honeybush (bottom). The chromatograms for all of the African herbal teas also were devoid of the caffeine peak.

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