Before the puppet show that I hosted at my house a few weeks ago, I prepared hibiscus tea for the first time and the moms and children at the show loved it (and our family did too!).  My children's Spanish teacher, Delly at Delly's Deals, gave us a handful of dried hibiscus flower petals and told us that this delicious beverage was easy to prepare and very popular in Mexico.  It was so good and very easy to prepare.  Did you know there are great health benefits to sipping down this tasty drink too?  For a recipe and the health benefits you can read more HERE.

Here's how we prepared our hibiscus tea:

  Add enough cold water to cover the petals and simmer until the water gets bright red.

 Drain hibiscus juice into a pitcher leaving the petals in the strainer.  I have read that you can dry the petals after their first time use and make another batch of tea, then discard the petals.

We then added a little more than 1/4 cup of sugar (add as little or as much sugar as you prefer) to the warm hibiscus juice to help the sugar dissolve easily in the water. 

We then filled the pitcher with cold water to the top of pitcher and mixed the tea.  We refrigerated the tea and served it cold.

My son loved it and so many others.  It is a refreshing drink and reminds us of fruit punch, but without all the artificial flavors and tons of sugar that alot of juices have.

My friend, Delly, said she could only find one Mexican store locally that sold the hibiscus petals.  Have you ever found hibiscus petals or tried this great hibiscus tea?  If not, I encourage you to go on a hunt for the petals and make some tea for yourself!  It will be worth your time and preparation!


Another thing that I think is worth your time is visiting and linking up to No Ordinary Blog Hop (NOBH) that I co-host with Lynda, Anna-Marie and our newest hosts, Melissa, Kara, and Christine!  Today starts a new month for NOBH which means new posts and a new set of blog buttons for you to choose and place on your blog and/or posts!  So go check out NOBH, have fun and meet new friends!