Blueberry Rooibos

Blueberry Rooibos got its name from and an old recipe of Eastern Canada. Back in the 1930's, a German immigrant named Frederick Wolfhasen began experimenting with new machines to facilitate the picking of the low growing wild blueberries that grew in abundance around his farm. One day when he fired up his latest invention, a diesel-powered picker, it began to whir and rumble, Frederick began to calculate the dollars he would soon line his pockets with.

A half-mile away, Frederick's sturdy wife Gisela began to prepare lunch, a German pancake made from flour, shortening and sugar. As she mixed and stirred, she heard a "loud clap, booming and most frightful." Running outside, Gisela froze in her tracks when she saw "a wall, a tidal wave of blueberries," flying towards the house. Frederick, in broken English yelled out, “Blueberries! Bang! Gisela!” Moments later Gisela, her new sundress, the porch, and her dog Fritz, were plastered with Blueberries. Gisela, being the good stout wife that she was, was already back in the kitchen stirring her dough, which was now peppered richly with the deliciously sweet wild blueberries, they called it the Blueberry Bang. Frederick was back home and about 30 minutes later they sat down to the most delicious dish either of them had ever eaten. At her husband's urging, Gisela later entered the concoction at the local fair and the name stuck.

90 years or so later, as a tribute to the Wolfhasens, this wonderful Blueberry Rooibos tea was blended. Caffeine free, rich in minerals and with high vitamin content, we feel that this is one innovative blend the couple would have gone crazy for. Wonderful hot or cold, this tea has the mellow qualities of rooibos with the character of a cupful of fresh wild blueberries. Wunderbar!