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In Southern Africa grows the honey bush (Honeybush - Сyclopia intermedia). In recent years its leaves began to be used for production of tea in industrial scale. This kind of not exactly tea is not widely sold in the Russian market yet, but in Europe and America it has already taken its frugal niche. The dried shape of honey tea is enough unusual: bright red - brown short spinules with a glossy surface. Almost without a smell, but you need only to pour boiling water as the gentlest honey aroma is burst from a cup. The second rising wave of a smell is dried fruits. Intensive on color infusion reminds very much strong high-quality tea. Sweet enough to taste, slightly sour and that is why similar to compote. A big plus of a drink is that its sweetness is not caused by substances of the sugar nature and they are not assimilated by our organism. To all this benefits we should add absence of caffeine content, preservatives, and artificial dyes. On macro- and microelement content it does not yield to the true tea.
Tea of a honey bush can receive not wide spread for several reasons. First, it simply remains unnoticed in huge assortment of teas in our market. Second, it has the same price, as at classical high quality tea.