Badia Hibiscus Flowers Herbal Tea (Flor de Jamaica), 8 oz

Whole dried hibiscus calyces — the deep crimson flower bracts that brew into the tart, cranberry-bright infusion known across Latin America as flor de jamaica. Tangy, floral, and naturally vibrant, with enough acidity to drink iced over ice and sugar or hot with cinnamon and clove. Naturally caffeine-free.

How to Brew Use about two tablespoons of dried flowers per quart of water. For agua de jamaica, simmer in water for 10 minutes, strain, sweeten to taste, and chill — serve over ice with a squeeze of lime. For hot tea, steep one tablespoon in 8 oz of just-off-boil water for 5 to 7 minutes.

When to Drink Iced through hot afternoons, with tacos, carnitas, or anything rich and salty that benefits from a tart, refreshing counterpoint. Hot with cinnamon when the weather turns.

Traditional Use A fixture on Mexican taquería counters and Caribbean dinner tables, where jamaica is one of the classic aguas frescas alongside horchata and tamarindo. In West Africa it becomes bissap or zobo, and across the Caribbean it's the base for sorrel drink at Christmas, often spiced with ginger and rum.

Ships from Doral, FL.