ROOIBOS TEA, ASPALATHUS-LINEARIS, A CAFFEINELESS, LOW-TANNIN BEVERAGE
ROOIBOS TEA, ASPALATHUS-LINEARIS, A CAFFEINELESS, LOW-TANNIN BEVERAGE
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DOI：
10.1007/bf02858780
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
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影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
MORTON, JF
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作者：
MORTON, JF
路易波士茶（Aspalathus linearis，原A.污染），是一种豆科灌木与针状叶原产于南非西开普省的山坡。植物学家卡尔·滕伯格（Carl Thunberg）在1772年首次报道了霍屯督人使用它的饮料。大约1900年，它开始销售，然后小规模驯化。种子选择和改良栽培和加工始于20世纪20年代。1930年取得了重大进展。第二次世界大战期间，由于东方茶叶短缺，对这种产品的需求激增，然后下降。该行业在1954年稳定下来，并继续扩大，出口到澳大利亚、新西兰、欧洲、联合王国、加拿大，并在很有限的程度上出口到美国。1980年，一场真菌病，然后是干旱，接着是洪水，暂时减少了供应。这种茶因其不含咖啡因、单宁含量低、抗坏血酸含量高而获得认可。它含有解痉成分槲皮素，据说还含有足够的氟化物来抑制龋齿。消费者测试表明，路易波士茶可能是茶、咖啡、可可和高咖啡因软饮料的可接受替代品。
Rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis, formerlyA. Contaminatus), is a leguminous shrub with needlelike leaves native to mountain slopes of western Cape Province, South Africa. Its beverage use by the Hottentots was first reported by the botanist Carl Thunberg in 1772. About 1900, it began to be marketed and then domesticated on a small scale. Seed selection and improved cultivation and processing started in the 1920s. Important advances were made in 1930. Demand for the product jumped during World War II because of the shortage of Oriental tea, then declined. The industry was stabilized in 1954 and continued to expand, with exports to Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada and, to a very limited extent, the United States. A fungus disease, then drought, followed by floods temporarily reduced the supply in 1980. The tea is gaining recognition for its freedom from caffeine, low tannin and high ascorbic acid content.It contains the antispasmodic principle, quercetin, and is said to have enoughfluoride to inhibit caries. Consumer tests indicate that rooibos tea may be an acceptable alternative to tea, coffee, cocoa and high-caffeine soft drinks.