Hibiscus Iced Tea

Agua de Jamaica

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    2

    quarts
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
The Mexican Home Kitchen: Traditional Home-Style Recipes That Capture the Flavors and Memories of Mexico

By Mely Martínez

Published 2020

  • About

Jamaica (hibiscus) flowers are used in different parts of the world to make a cold or hot tea sweetened with sugar. In Mexico, besides being one of the most popular of the aguas frescas, many people drink it for its health benefits, believing that it can lower high blood pressure. It also has diuretic effects. The flavor of this drink is on the tart side, similar to the flavor of cranberry juice. Of the many aguas frescas, this one is my favorite. I also like that it’s easy to prepar