I tried this hot first, and that was a little… odd. It tastes like root beer, certainly, but when hot, it’s like hot, flat root beer – not so pleasant.
Iced, it’s awesome! I cold steeped it for about 2 hours before I got too impatient and had to drink it. Ideally, I would have probably cold steeped it for about 2.5 – 3 hours. I sweetened it a little bit and poured it over ice. The root beer flavor is spot on, though I don’t get very much ice creaminess. Basically root beer, not root beer float. My only minor issue is that my ForLife steeper/makeshift strainer wasn’t able to catch the smallest bits of rooibos, so there are some tiny little pieces floating in my iced tea. I feel like I might have them all over my teeth when I’m done. Fun novelty iced tea.
