Beverage Recipes

Hibiscus Sweet Tea

This classic Hibiscus Sweet Tea recipe first appeared in the 1988 edition of Homemade Good News Cookbook. This is called Agua de Jamaica, and it is served at all the taquerias. A very popular drink in Arizona and Mexico.

Hibiscus Sweet Tea

Ingredients

  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 3/4 cup dried hibiscus flowers
  • 1 cup extra fine granulated sugar
  • 4 cups cold water

Instructions

  1. Bring 2 cups water to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in hibiscus flowers. Let steep for 25 minutes.
  2. Pour hibiscus mixture through a strainer into a pitcher to separate flowers. Discard flowers.
  3. Stir sugar into pitcher with strained liquid and mix until dissolved. Pour in 4 cups of cold water and stir until blended.
  4. Pour over a glass of ice to serve.


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