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Newguest Posted 12 years ago
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In mounds/aged

The leaves of the Rooibos bush are harvested, bruised, finely chopped, moistened and fermented in mounds.
They are fired and aged underground while still moist for three months.

--- Does it mean they are fermented in heaps (one after another) and then left undergound ?
  

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Newguest fermented in mounds. left to ferment in several (or many) piles (heaps, mounds) at the same time. ) Newguest aged ...

  • Newguest fermented in mounds.
  • left to ferment in several (or many) piles (heaps, mounds) at the same time.
  • ) Newguest aged ...
  • three months allowed to remain undisturbed ...
  • e.
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Newguestfermented in mounds.
left to ferment in several (or many) piles (heaps, mounds) at the same time. (Not 'one after another'.)
Newguestaged ... three months
allowed to remain undisturbed ... for three months

(Many products improve in flavor if they are left undisturbed for a period of time, i.e. "aged".)

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