Posted on 04/08/2021 5:39:05 PM PDT by be-baw
Wow! Thanks for the recipe.
FR is a party? Who knew?
Tell me how you brew it as tea. I have a bunch of it that I haven’t tried using yet.
If you have cut and sifted or whole flowers, just pour boiling water over (??) I don’t measure, I usually make about a quart and store in fridge for a day or two as we drink it. For a quart jar, probably 1/4 c c/s or a bit more for whole flowers. I let it steep for about 6-8 minutes. I usually make a concentrate and then dilute. For one cup, maybe 1-2 teaspoons, but it’s fluffy. I also keep powdered hibiscus on hand for using in herb formulas. Tea could be made out of the powder, too.
PS - a hibiscus/lemongrass tea blend is really nice too. Good with some fruit juice added, after steeping of course, especially as a cold or cool summer drink.
IMO this is the best green tea out there, Sencha Have been drinking it or years now https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OK2AG8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thanks very much. I’ll try it this weekend.
I’ve known about ‘agua de Jamaica’ - but from the way it’s usually made, I’ve suspected that the sugar would outweigh the health benefits :-)
http://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/214366/agua-de-jamaica-hibiscus-water/
That seems like a decent price for 100 tea bags and it has 800+ reviews with an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars.
I went for a long time without drinking plan water because it was so flat and tasteless. Then I spent 3 weeks in rehab after a hip fracture and starting drinking 3-4 large cups per day. It didn’t long for me to like it.
Since I came home, I’ve been sipping on water all day. I just get cold water out of the tap and put it into a good thermal mug. It will stay relatively cold for 3-4 hours, and it’s no big deal to get another. I’m probably drinking about a half gallon of water per day. Before all I was drinking was coffee and beer and milk with meals. And I got pretty badly dehydrated a couple of times and felt like it. Now I feel much, much better.
Hibiscus is very sour and requires sweetening unless one like ultra sour drinks, which I don’t. I use organic sugar. I am not afraid of it. :-D
Plus each bag is foil wrapped. Tastes very different from the typical green tea out there. I use 6 bags in a half gallon jar of water and make a tea overnight. I add a few peeled slices of lemon sometime and keep it in the fridge. The tea is also delicious made hot by the cup. Amazon said I have ordered this 6 times.
Peppermint tea does wonders for my IBS cramping. I have read it can relax the lower esophageal sphincter which can aggravate reflux, but it increases gastric emptying, so I am just careful not to lay down after drinking it.
Dandelion tea is supposed to help lower BP, but it tastes nasty, lol
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