Agua de jamaica
Agua de jamaica
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Agua de jamaica

Deep ruby hibiscus tea, sweetened and iced. Tart like cranberry, cool like a monsoon breeze.

20 minTime
0 gProtein each
mildSpice
Hibiscus water2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayClassic agua fresca de jamaica.
The original
79kcalsame
0 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
20minutessame

Agua de jamaica.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Dried hibiscus flowers (dried hibiscus)1 cup dried flowers
Water6 cups, split
Sugar½ cup, to taste
Lemon juice1 tbsp lime
Cinnamon1 small stick, optional

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Boil 2 cups water with hibiscus and cinnamon, then turn off the heat and steep 15 minutes.
  2. 2Strain, pressing the flowers.
  3. 3Stir in sugar until dissolved, then remaining cold water and lime.
  4. 4Chill and serve over ice.
Serve it like this

Serve in tall glasses over ice with a lime slice, straight from a big glass jar if you have one.

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