Hibiscus Tea
"Hot or cold, this hibiscus brew might just be your cup of tea!
From the January 2007 volume of Notebook magazine."
- Ready In:
- 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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1
ingredients
- 1 -2 fresh hibiscus flowers
- boiling water, to taste
- sugar, to taste
- 1 limes or 1 lemon
directions
- Remove the stamen from each flower. Use pesticide-free flowers.
- Place one hibiscus flower in a glass or mug and cover with boiling water. Allow this to steep. The water will turn a black-purple colour but that's okay. Stir and then remove.
- Add sugar to tste and then give it a good stir so that the sugar dissolves.
- Now squeeze the juice from some lemon or lime. The tea should turn a pretty pinky-red!
- Either drink it hot or set aside to cool and later serve with ice.
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Reviews
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I prepared this as an iced beverage and used agave nectar instead of sugar. I rimmed the glasses with superfine sugar and used limes. Thanks for posting. cg;)
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I prepared this as an iced beverage and used agave nectar instead of sugar. I rimmed the glasses with superfine sugar and used limes. Thanks for posting. cg;)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Missy Wombat
Australia
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