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Dragonfly Cape Malay Rooibos Chai is one of our best selling teas. It combines the delicious and soothing taste of naturally caffeine-free rooibos (aspalathus linearis) with a unique traditional blend of aromatic spices.
It is inspired by Cape Town’s wonderfully rich 300-year-old Cape Malay culinary tradition with its origins in Indonesia, Holland and India.
The smooth and gentle flavour of rooibos tea is blended with a unique combination of cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, chicory, cloves, black pepper and citrus peel. It’s a 300 year old Cape version of the traditional Indian chai.
Naturally caffeine-free, rooibos tea is the perfect base for a chai you can drink any time of day or night. Better still, it’s packed with minerals and high in antioxidants, while its low tannin content gives a lovely smooth flavour.
Natural and unsweetened, you can add milk, and sugar or honey to taste To enjoy at its best, infuse for 2 - 4 minutes in freshly boiled water
It is as refreshing in hot weather as it is warming in chillier times.
Perhaps that’s why it’s so popular in the Cape.
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How long for the perfect brew?
Generally delicate green and white teas need only 2 to 3 minutes. Black teas develop a deeper flavour over 3 to 4 minutes. Rooibos, although at its best after 3 to 4 minutes can be left for 30 minutes and then be reheated without a trace of bitterness or “stewing”. Traditional Cape farmers would simmer the leaves on the stove all day, giving a very strong and flavourful brew
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At Dragonfly Teas we consider that the way crops are grown is intrinsic to the well-being of everyone.
Working with nature to achieve the best quality with little or no chemicals involved is in our view, the way things should be.
The demands of the modern world for more; faster; better has resulted in short term exploitation of the land and the people who work it, with no thought for the future.
So we prefer to do things differently.
We believe that it is important to respect the relationship to the land of those who patiently grow our food (often under great hardship).
We are aware of the difference that the ancient country artisan traditions of food–making can make. Traditions that are thankfully still used today to create high quality teas and other foods, such as fine wines and local cheeses.
There are reputedly up to 8,000 different hand-made teas in China. They are part of a 1,500-year-old tradition. These are disappearing rapidly through mechanical and chemical intervention. The world has plenty of poor quality teas with very few of high quality on offer. This is because of lack of consumer awareness of the rich heritage of taste experiences produced by the smaller artisan tea-makers.
Dragonfly Teas is pledged to bring these teas to the discerning palate and in so doing, help to keep alive the traditions and skills that have created them.
We believe strongly in the ideals of the Slow Food movement, which is growing fast throughout Europe. We think it is important that every country has a dynamic small-scale agricultural food production sector. It ensures that rural people are rewarded for their efforts and helps to stop the depopulation of the countryside.
We also support non-political Fair Trade that campaigns to ensure we pay fairly and as directly as possible to the farmers with as few intermediaries as possible. This means that more of the profits end up directly in the hands of the communities that grow the crops.
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