In November 2008 Just Rooibos Australia became a major supporter of LMNC’s ‘Wrap With Love’ project through a generous donation.  This donation will be used to buy wool to be used by our volunteer knitters of the squares that form the rugs provided by Wrap With Love to people who are cold, dispossessed and traumatised. 

The Lower Mountains Neighbourhood Centre gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Just Rooibos Australia in this way. 

Just Rooibos Australia is a small family company based in Blaxland formed in 1998 to import and sell the brand of rooibos tea called Just Rooibos African Tea. This tea is mainly distributed through Coles and Woolworths, and you can also find it in Blaxland IGA, Franklins in Springwood and the Blue Mountains Coop in Katoomba along with a few other IGA stores in NSW and Victoria. 

Directors of Just Rooibos Australia, Terry Body and Jennifer Read, formed the company to provide time and or money to fund worthwhile projects.  Their support to LMNC’s ‘Wrap With Love’ project is a manifestation of this commitment. 

Rooibos (pronounced “roy boss”) is an Afrikaans word meaning red bush. The tea is the oxidised leaves of the red bush plant. It grows in a small area of South Africa in the foothills of the Cedarburg Mountains about 200 km north of Cape Town.  The organically-grown tea has many therapeutic properties apart from the absence of caffeine. It is believed to be good for the skin (dermatitis), the digestive system (colic, even in babies) and hypertension. The latest clinical research has shown that it will prevent or decrease the onset of heart disease. It is high in antioxidants and low in tannin. 

4 December 2008