Rooibos Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) is a shrub of the legume family, Fabaceae, native only to the Cederberg mountains of South Africa's Western Cape, where it is grown on sandy, acidic soils for the red tea that bears its name. It is a broom-like bush 1 to 2 meters tall with needle-like green leaves in clusters along slender branches and small yellow pea flowers in spring. The leaves and twigs are cut, bruised, fermented in heaps and sun-dried, turning from green to the characteristic red-brown with a sweet, honey-like scent. We extract the dried leaf.