Agua de Jamaica
Quantity: 3 large glasses
Ingredients:
½ cup Jamaica dry flower (hibiscus)
½ cup sugar
2 cups water
Ice
Directions:
1. In one cup of water, boil the flower with sugar 10-15 minutes.
2. Cool slightly; strain the mixture through a strainer into a pitcher, removing the flowers.
3. Add ice and 1 cup of water.
Add more sugar as needed and add water as needed. Ice will melt and cool.
Serve a small portion, over ice, topped with seltzer.
Recipe courtesy of Mesones Sacrista, Puebla, adapted by Denise Martabano 2006
