In the Caribbean we can this sorrel but we add bay leaves, cinnamon stick, orange peel, cloves, ginger and star anise when boiling it. The flavour is divine!!! While we drink it all year round sometimes, it's most popular at Christmas time here in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
YES, we do! One of my favorite drink and I make variations of it by adding cloves, ginger, limes/lemons or oranges depending on my moods. I love the cloves and ginger combo better🎉🎉🎉
@@KurellJulienwait... how is hibiscus the same as sorrel? Teach me something new please. My grandma grew sorrel and would make the drink at Christmas time. My mom had several hibiscus flowers in her yard. These looked totally opposite. I can picture the lovely hibiscus flowers in my mind's eye. You mean to tell me all this time I was confused?? 😅
Yes friend, unfortunately. Sorrel is made from dried hibiscus, and the drink is synonymous (though ingredients might be slightly different) with the drink Jamaica, Bissap, etc...
@@510musicgroup I never mentioned what it was called others did. Online it does say that what you call it is the same. It is a form of hibiscus. I am a researcher by nature. Different names in different countries.
@@510musicgroup Thank you as well. Otherwise I wouldn’t have looked it up. Sorrel is the Jamaican name for a type of hibiscus flower known as the Roselle. 🫶🏽
I am LIVING for every country representing and sharing the different names and styles this is in their respective country. 😍 i have a few of these ingredients in the comments. Got me ready to go in the kitchen and make different concoctions 🤣😭
Jameilla. I have grown up with both plants and now have four hibiscus plants at home and a packet of sorrel in my cupboard. They don't even look the same. We grow sorrel mainly for Christmas in Jamaica, and the hibiscus is a plant that grows in many places and with many colours . At 80 years old and have had both plants in my garden in Jamaica, I think I can tell the difference. I have lived in England for many years and have a large garden. Which has four hibiscus plants that are also called rose of Sharon 1 double pink tree. 1 blue, 1 white and one plant with 3 separated colours on the same plant. I also have pictures of the sorrel plant on my phone, definitely 2 different plants. As anyone who grows sorrel.
@@janetwalsh7961 flor de jamaica , sorrel or roselle is in the genus hibiscus . It is called hibiscus some countries , and by other names in various countries
In Panama, we call it saril, (Sorrel from our Jamaican/Caribean heritage), my grandma loved adding lots of fresh ginger root to hers as it boiled. So delish!
Nice to see that hibiscus flowers are enjoyed in several different countries. Love learning! I’ll have to try it with some of these flavorful additions.
There’s no country in Africa named west Africa. I’m pretty sure you’re a French speaker. Bissap in most French speaking African countries. In English speaking west African countries they have other names. Please stop saying west Africa as if it’s a country.
@@imeldangadzania5212I am pretty sure any person from Africa is aware that Africa is a continent and what country they are from. Ppl in America don’t always understand that Africa is NOT a country so stating the region where one is from in Africa is very common!
Sobolo in Ghana or Bissap, they make it sometimes with ginger, cloves, and sometimes a spice called hwentia and once I saw someone add star anise. Its delicious
I’ve been drinking it since I was a child. It helps purify the blood. It helps people that suffer from a bad lymphatic system. It tastes delicious and refreshing🌺😋
Thanks Marq! I've got some hibiscus flowers in the cupboard that I had forgotten about. Gonna bring them out today and make a pitcher for my family. 😊 Blessings and greetings from Chicagoland. 🙋🏽♀️
I DRINK THIS ALL THE TIME. THERE WAS A AFRICAN LADY INTRODUCED THIS TO ME WHEN I WASN'T FEELING WELL. SHE GAVE ME THE WHOLE BAG AND HONEY 🍯. IT WAS SO GOOD. I LOVE IT. WISH I KNEW ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO MY MOMMA WOULD HAVE ENJOYED IT. RIP
Jill Scott had a show about being a African detective and I used to drink the stuff called Bush Tea, I was introduced to it by my now wife 20 plus years ago as taso's passion tea. It's really good I enjoy the Mexican Jamaica version as well
We make it all yr round in America and Africa too very healthy to drink. I enjoy most with out sugar. Add honey when warm have it hot or cold. Thanks for doing the work to share Healthy enjoyable drinks🥤 😍🪴🍇🙏🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼
This drink actually originates from the Senegambia Empire of West Africa (modern day Senegal and Gambia. Hibiscus made its way to The Americas during the slave trade hence to why it’s so popular in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean. In Mexico, hibiscus is grown in Costa Chica where there a big Afro-Mexican population. Hibiscus is truly the flower that represents West Africa
Thank you for enlightening me and others on this line. I love Mexican hibiscus, and use it for mango hibiscus tea. I was fascinated to learn of its origin, you are appreciated.
