Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Tea)

Name: Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Tea)
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 2 quarts (8 cups) water; 1.5 cups dried hibiscus flowers; 2/3 cup sugar (add more/less to taste); 1/3 cup fresh orange, lemon or lime juice (optional)

Agua de Jamaica (a.k.a. Hibiscus Tea) is a popular Latin-American drink that also works well as a mixer for cocktails and mocktails.

⏱ 22 min 🔨 Prep 2min 🔥 Cook 20min 📊 Medium 🍽 2 servings 👁 8

Ingredients

2 servings

2 quarts (8 cups) water
1.5 cups dried hibiscus flowers
2/3 cup sugar (add more/less to taste)
1/3 cup fresh orange, lemon or lime juice (optional)

Instructions

Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Add sugar, and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat, then add hibiscus flours and stir to combine. Let steep for about 20 minutes, the remove the hibiscus flowers with a strainer. Stir in citrus juice if desired, then refrigerate. Serve over ice.
*You can also make this as sun tea, and let the water and hibiscus sit out in the sunlight all day.
**Also, this may go without saying, but be careful not to spill the drink on your clothing when making/straining. Those pink hibiscus leaves can stain clothes very easily!

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