When Annique Theron famously stumbled across the healing powers of rooibos in 1968 she had no idea of the wealth her discovery would unlock. But not even rooibos was powerful enough to help when SARS came calling nearly 40 years later, demanding R2.9-million from Theron's Pretoria company.Theron's family sold Forever Young in 2010 but the chances are they celebrated with a cup of tea after a Pretoria High Court judge ordered SARS to pay interest on R500,000 it had retained for over three years after withdrawing its demand.Judge J Mabuse's ruling was not entirely in favour of the company, now called Annique Health and Beauty, which wanted three years of interest on the sum. He said only four months' interest was payable.It was when her baby daughter, Lorinda, slept through the night and stopped displaying an allergic reaction to breast milk that Theron realised rooibos might be the key.She launched over 200 products based on rooibos extract in the '70s.In 2006 and 2007, saying Forever Young had underpaid excise duty and offered clients an irregular discount, SARS demanded R2.9-million. In 2010, the company paid R500,000 under the taxman's "pay now and argue later" policy.SARS withdrew its claim in 2012 but refunded the R500 000 only in September 2015. ..