Jamaican Sorrel Iced Tea
Product Description
SORREL DRINK
Ingredients: dried sorrel, dried ginger, sugar, allspice
Recipe: 1/8 tea spoon ground allspice (pimento) or about 12 whole allspice (optional) 6 oz dried sorrel 2 rounded table spoon dry ginger 8 cups water 2.5 cups water for re-draft 1.5 cups white sugar
Yields 8.5 cups of drink
1. Spread the sorrel out on aluminum foil or a white cloth which will make it easy to spot and remove any debris or unfit sorrel pieces.
2. After you have cleaned the sorrel pour it into a large cooking pot with 8 cups of water. Add the the two rounded tablespoons of ginger.
3. Boil the mixture for10 minutes after it begins to boil. Remove immediately and pour through a strainer into a suitable container.
4. Return the remains from tea strainer and return to the cooking pot and add 2.5 cups of water. Bring to a rapid boil again and remove after 10 minutes.
5. Strain the mixture and discard the residue.
6. Sweeten with 1.5 cups of white sugar or to taste.
7. Cool then serve over ice. Refrigerate the remainder.
(For a cocktail, add Grace Strawberry Syrup along with Jamaican Rum to taste)
Recipe: 1/8 tea spoon ground allspice (pimento) or about 12 whole allspice (optional) 6 oz dried sorrel 2 rounded table spoon dry ginger 8 cups water 2.5 cups water for re-draft 1.5 cups white sugar
Yields 8.5 cups of drink
1. Spread the sorrel out on aluminum foil or a white cloth which will make it easy to spot and remove any debris or unfit sorrel pieces.
2. After you have cleaned the sorrel pour it into a large cooking pot with 8 cups of water. Add the the two rounded tablespoons of ginger.
3. Boil the mixture for10 minutes after it begins to boil. Remove immediately and pour through a strainer into a suitable container.
4. Return the remains from tea strainer and return to the cooking pot and add 2.5 cups of water. Bring to a rapid boil again and remove after 10 minutes.
5. Strain the mixture and discard the residue.
6. Sweeten with 1.5 cups of white sugar or to taste.
7. Cool then serve over ice. Refrigerate the remainder.
(For a cocktail, add Grace Strawberry Syrup along with Jamaican Rum to taste)
In the Caribbean, sorrel typically refers to Jamaican Red Sorrel (Hibiscus sabdariffa). A popular sorrel beverage is widely consumed which is dark red, and has a sweet, spiced flavor. The deep red coloured annual is also used in making tarts and jellies. The fiber is also used by craftspeople. $8.00 | Flavourful and versatile, Grace Strawberry Flavoured Syrup is a great mixer - served straight from the bottle as an ingredient or diluted to taste as a drink - also a scrumptious topping for desserts. $5.00 |
To most English speaking people the tree is called "pimento" and the berries "allspice". The name allspice originated from the popular notion that the pimento berry contains the characteristic flavour and aroma of cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and pepper, all combined in one spice. $4.00 |
