What is rootbeer in the name of tea?!

What is rootbeer in the name of tea?

My husband recently heard it on television and asked me that very same question. I have been pondering over it for ages! In all my eighty one years I've never heard of it. Does it originate in America, because it's not for sale in England?

1 day ago
I used to have ginger beer and I loved it with some cherry buns! I can'rt find it in my Tescos anymore, but is it related to rootbeer?

1 day ago
I think I have heard of Carter's...

Philadelphia-born Root Beer is the Oldest Continuously Marketed Soft Drink in the United States.

Created by pharmacist Charles E. Hires, Hires Root Beer began as a delicious herbal tea made of roots, berries, and herbs.
After perfecting the recipe in his drugstore, Hires officially introduced his beverage at the 1876 U.S. Centennial Exhibition, alongside several other new inventions, including Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, the Remington typewriter and Heinz Ketchup.

McDonald's tried it in the UK, but it didn't catch on.

This may be due to the fact that when many try root beer, they compare the flavour to the smell you get from antiseptics.
(Each brand or recipe will have its own unique taste.)

Root beer is so popular in the US & Canada that you will often find it alongside Coke and Pepsi drinks in fast food restaurants and available to buy in cans or bottles in most supermarkets, but it is relatively unknown in the UK.

Three of the UK's leading supermarkets are known to sell root beer: ASDA, Sainsbury's, Waitrose

It is very refreshing on a hot day when it's ice cold. Disgusting when warm... !