Honeybush ('Heuningbos' in Afrikaans), grows only in a small area in the southwest of South Africa in the Langkloof area of the Eastern Cape and shares many similarities with rooibos. Honeybush is so named because the flowers smell of honey. The taste of honeybush tea is similar to that of rooibos but a little sweeter.
Honeybush contains virtually no caffeine (< 0.01%) and is low in tannin (0.45%). Some of the active compounds present in honeybush include: Isoflavones Flavones Cinnamic acids Coumestans Xanthones
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