Hibiscus tea, a cold infusion served over lots of ice, but for this photograph, I've piled the dried flowers into the tea. It looked better that way. This is common in Thailand, but I also recently saw they drink this in Egypt too!
Ingredients 
100 gms Dried Hibiscus Flowers
500 ml Water
100 gms Sugar
Preparation
1. Rinse the hibiscus flowers.
2. Add the water flowers and flowers and sugar and bring to the boil in a saucepan.
3. Cover and leave to cool, then chill in the fridge, and serve over ice.
Comments (3)
Hello Appon, I have just found your site. Its really good. Tks for sharing your great recipes. A very clear Blog. My family loves Thai food, almost similiar to our Malaysian. Cant wait to go thru all your recipes. Regards from Malaysia.
Posted by Mrs Singh | August 18, 2007 11:48 AM
Posted on August 18, 2007 11:48
Yes, indeed, we drink this usualy in Egypt. Localy, this plant (and the drink) are called Karkade.
The only difference with the recipe is that we keep the boiled flowers for a short time to seep, then we filter, and cool them.
Thank you.
Posted by Nabih | August 20, 2007 5:08 PM
Posted on August 20, 2007 17:08
Hibiscus tea is also common in Mexico where they call it jamaica. It is made the same way. Where I live it is available in the Mexican food section of the local supermarket.
Posted by signe | September 3, 2007 2:09 PM
Posted on September 3, 2007 14:09