Hibiscus flowers aren’t found too commonly in grocery stores here, but that’s surprising given their popularity in many well known cuisines here. Latin Americans will know them as the jamaica flowers. Jamaicans know it as sorrel, and Thais often call it roselle. As you can imagine then, the best place to find this is at a Mexican or Thai grocery store (at least in LA, maybe your local grocery store carries it?).
The flavor of hibiscus tea has the tartness of cranberry juice, but with just a little bit more bite. There’s a hint of a cumin like spice flavor at the finish. The drink is incredibly easy to make. The only drawback is that it does require a fair amount of sugar (depending on the sweetness you like). Click after the break for the recipe.
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