Organic African Nectar is made primarily from rooibos, the so-called 'red tea' of South Africa. Rooibos only grows in the Cederberg Mountains of the Western Cape region - attempts to propogate it elsewhere have never been successful. This simple shrub's leaves have been harvested, oxidized, and enjoyed for centuries by the local people, but rooibos was not exported in volume until the late 20th century.