I can’t even explain to you how divine this drink tastes:
Don’t let fancy garnish get in your way.
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
5 g dried hibiscus
1 mandarin
1 orange
1 lemon
3/4 cup sugar (or to taste)
1.7 L tap water
Method:
Bring 1.7 L water to boil.
Add the dried hibiscus flowers to the water while still hot.
Dried hibiscus
Leave aside [NOT in the fridge] for 30 mins – 1 hour (depending on if you’re in a hurry or not!) to release flavour.
Note, you can leave the flowers to soak for hours on end if you prefer. I think I left mine for 3 – 4 hours because I left the house. Either way, you’ll end up with the same great taste.
Cut the orange, mandarin and lemon into large cubes.
Add to a large bowl. Add the sugar and begin to “knead” the sugar-citrus mixture. This way you can extract flavour from the skins of these fruits, too.
Pour the hibiscus drink (with the flowers) and citrus mixture into a large jug or bowl.
Leave in the fridge for up to an hour.
Drain the drink into a jug so as to remove the citrus chunks and flowers.
Add sugar to taste (you may not need to do this).
Serve cold with your favourite meal or snack.
Devour!
That sounds really good! I like the idea of kneading the fruit.
this drink seems to be really beneficial. ive read a heap about hibiscus and i so want to try this one day. can u do anything else with dried hibiscus?
Hey Sue, if you make this drink and then pop it into little plastic containers, you can make it into a slurpee. Or you can just dig into it while it’s frozen, makes a great healthy replacement to ice cream!
Either way, enjoy!
Wohh precisely what I was searching for, thanks for posting .
This is perfect! I bought some dried hibiscus flowers the other day on a whim and wasn’t sure what to do with them. I don’t have a mandarin, but I do have a couple of tangerines, so I’m going to give this a try.