Traveling Tea
Wednesday 18 November 2009 by nalika
I like Rooibos tea.
It's a great any-time-of-the-day caffeine-free flavorful beverage that is rich in mineral.
After I ran out of the stock I bought in Malawi, in Thailand I could only find the ridiculously overpriced ones in Tops supermarket, so I stocked up when I was in Germany last year.
After I ran out of it, I met a Zambian NGO worker based in Thailand, who brought me a couple of boxes from his business trip to South Africa.
After I ran out it and the kind Zambian friend left Thailand, in the health food section of Watson's drugstore, I found Rooibos tea bags on sale, so I grabbed several boxes.
It has traveled quite a distance...
Sourced from South Africa, blended in Germany, packed in New Zealand, and here I am I bought it in Thailand.
So much of the food miles but at least it weights very little.
It's a great any-time-of-the-day caffeine-free flavorful beverage that is rich in mineral.
After I ran out of the stock I bought in Malawi, in Thailand I could only find the ridiculously overpriced ones in Tops supermarket, so I stocked up when I was in Germany last year.
After I ran out of it, I met a Zambian NGO worker based in Thailand, who brought me a couple of boxes from his business trip to South Africa.
After I ran out it and the kind Zambian friend left Thailand, in the health food section of Watson's drugstore, I found Rooibos tea bags on sale, so I grabbed several boxes.
It has traveled quite a distance...
Sourced from South Africa, blended in Germany, packed in New Zealand, and here I am I bought it in Thailand.
So much of the food miles but at least it weights very little.
hmm, germany is like some weird global exchange point for organic commodities....it's mafia-esque.
always surprised when i go back to NZ how many of the products in organic stores are by German companies.