Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos Tea, 40 Pack 72g
Chill it. Green rooibos is one of the few things on this shelf that is better cold than hot, because the light, hay-like floral character that can read as thin in a mug turns clean and genuinely refreshing over ice, and it stays caffeine-free either way, so a jug can sit out for the whole house. Hot, it wants a smaller cup than you would give a black tea and nothing stirred into it. Do not buy it expecting the red box in a different colour, though; this is a lighter, greener drink and it will not stand in for ordinary tea.
Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos Tea, in brief.
Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos is redbush that has not been oxidised.
Brew it just off the boil for five minutes and drink it without milk: it pours pale gold rather than rust red, and it is light and grassy where ordinary redbush is warm and woody. Naturally caffeine-free rather than decaffeinated.
Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos is the version of redbush that most people have never met. Ordinary rooibos is rust red because the cut needles are bruised and left to oxidise before drying, exactly as black tea is. Green rooibos skips that step: the same plant, dried straight, so it never turns red at all. What comes out of the mug is pale gold rather than deep rust, and it tastes nothing like the red version.
The comparison that makes it click is the one between black tea and green tea, which are also the same plant treated two ways. Red rooibos is warm, woody and sweet. Green rooibos is light, grassy and faintly floral, with a delicacy that the red version has no interest in. It is still naturally caffeine-free, because that is a property of the plant rather than of the processing, and this box is sold as organic, which is the other half of what you are paying the extra for.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Tick Tock
Tick Tock is a redbush specialist, with a range built entirely from rooibos in one form or another rather than a general tea company carrying a single redbush line.
Green rooibos is a much smaller trade than red, which is most of why it costs more. Skipping oxidation means the cut plant has to be dried quickly and carefully, and there is no forgiving browning step to even out variation, so the handling has to be better. It also has a shorter history: rooibos has been drunk in South Africa for a very long time, but the unoxidised version is a comparatively recent commercial product aimed at people who already drink green tea.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
What You Are Actually Buying
- Forty bags, 72 grams: 40 cups, one bag each, at about 1.8 grams a bag. That is a lighter fill than a red rooibos bag, which is normal for the unoxidised leaf and not a short measure.
- Naturally caffeine-free: not decaffeinated. There is no caffeine in the plant, so there is nothing to remove.
- What it is not: not green tea, not red rooibos in a different box, not a remedy. It is a light caffeine-free infusion in its own right.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- Water temperature: about 95 degrees Celsius, just off the boil.
- Steep: five minutes, covered, and longer does no harm.
- Milk: no. Red rooibos takes milk well; this does not, and a splash will cover the grassy and floral notes entirely.
- Lemon or honey: a thin slice of lemon suits it, and a very small amount of honey suits it better than sugar does.
- Storage: sealed, cool, dark and dry. It is a little more fragile than red rooibos because the floral note is the first thing to fade.
- Resteeping: a second steep is pale and thin. A longer first steep gives you more for less trouble.
- Best with: afternoons, after a heavy meal, evenings when you want something lighter than redbush, and hot weather.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos Tea, 40 Pack 72g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Tick Tock
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
Green rooibos is more delicate than red and wants slightly gentler treatment, which makes it the one rooibos where brewing advice matters. It still cannot turn properly bitter, because the tannin is not there, but a full rolling boil flattens the floral edge that is the reason to buy it.
The Mug
The Pot
Made with this tea
The Plain Mug
How to make The Plain Mug with Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos.
- 1 Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos bag
- 250ml water just off the boil
- A saucer to cover the mug
- Boil the kettle and let it stand half a minute, to about 95 degrees Celsius.
- Pour 250ml onto the bag and cover the mug with a saucer.
- Steep five minutes; longer does no harm.
- Lift the bag out and drink it without milk.
What you'll end up with: A pale gold cup, grassy and faintly floral, with almost no body and no bitterness at all. Do not wait for it to turn red, because it never will.
The Light Pot
How to make The Light Pot with Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos.
- 5 Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos bags
- 1 litre water just off the boil
- A lemon, thinly sliced, optional
- A pot with a lid
- Add four bags for the cups and one for the pot; there is no astringency to over-extract.
- Pour on a litre of water at about 95 degrees Celsius.
- Steep five to seven minutes with the lid on, and leave the bags in if you are drinking slowly.
- Serve in pale cups with lemon rather than milk.
What you'll end up with: A pot that improves rather than spoils as it stands, like red rooibos, but light enough to drink through an afternoon without it becoming heavy going.
Iced Green Rooibos with Cucumber
How to make Iced Green Rooibos with Cucumber with Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos.
- 5 Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos bags
- 600ml water just off the boil
- Half a cucumber, sliced
- Plenty of ice
- A little honey, optional
- Brew five bags in 600ml at about 95 degrees Celsius for eight minutes.
- Sweeten very lightly while hot if you want to, then lift the bags out.
- Cool, top up to a litre with cold water and add the cucumber.
- Chill for two hours and serve over a full glass of ice.
What you'll end up with: Cleaner and clearer than iced red rooibos, and it does not cloud or turn bitter on standing. Cucumber suits the grassy note far better than citrus does.
Green Rooibos and Mint Cooler
How to make a Green Rooibos and Mint Cooler with Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos.
- 3 Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos bags
- 400ml water just off the boil
- A generous handful of mint
- Juice of half a lime
- Ice
- Steep three bags and the mint together in 400ml for six minutes.
- Strain and cool to room temperature.
- Add the lime juice and stir.
- Pour over ice in two tall glasses with a fresh mint sprig in each.
What you'll end up with: Mint and green rooibos are a natural pair because both sit in the same light, fresh register. A caffeine-free answer to mint tea in hot weather.
Green Rooibos Syrup for Fruit
How to make Green Rooibos Syrup for Fruit with Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos.
- 4 Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos bags
- 300ml water
- 150g caster sugar
- A strip of lemon peel
- 2 sprigs of mint
- Warm the water and sugar together until the sugar dissolves, without boiling hard.
- Take it off the heat, add the bags, the lemon peel and the mint, and leave to infuse ten minutes.
- Strain, pressing the bags gently, and cool.
- Spoon over sliced peaches, melon, strawberries or a fruit salad.
What you'll end up with: A light syrup that tastes green rather than woody, which is what makes it work on fresh fruit where a red rooibos syrup would overwhelm it. Keeps a week in the fridge.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Green rooibos (unoxidised redbush) | the whole of it; the declaration is printed on the current box | Everything in the cup: the pale gold colour, the grassy freshness, the light floral edge and the delicate body. |
| Absence of oxidation | a process step skipped rather than an ingredient | Why it never turns red, why it tastes green rather than woody, and why it needs more careful handling than the red version. |
| Caffeine | none; naturally absent rather than removed | A property of the plant in both its red and green forms, so this is not a decaf. |
| Pack | 40 tea bags, 72 grams | One bag a cup, 40 cups a box, at about 1.8 grams a bag - a lighter fill than red rooibos and normal for unoxidised leaf. |
Pack: Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos Tea, 40 Pack 72g; unoxidised redbush, naturally caffeine-free, sold as organic. Store sealed, cool, dark and dry. Read the ingredient list, the allergen advice, the certification marks and the best-before date off the current UK box.
Components shown are those we can state honestly from the product name, the pack weight and the bag count.
Sourcing & blend. Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos comes from Tick Tock, a brand whose entire range is redbush rather than a general tea company with a single rooibos line. That focus is the brand's own argument and not a statement about where this box was packed. The tasting profile below is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.
What's in Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos Tea, 40 Pack 72g, and what isn't:
- In: green rooibos, 40 bags at 72 grams, with the full declaration printed on the box.
- No caffeine: naturally absent from the plant rather than removed by a process, so this is not a decaf.
- No flavouring, fruit or petals: plain unoxidised rooibos, not a vanilla or fruit version, and not green tea.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Tick Tock Organic Green Rooibos Tea, 40 Pack 72g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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