Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Cooler)

Name: Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus Cooler)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 cups dried hibiscus flowers; 8 cups water; ¾ cup sugar; juice of 2 limes; ice to serve; fresh mint to garnish

A sweet and tart hibiscus agua fresca, brewed until bright purple, refreshing and incredibly popular in Mexico.

Total time

15 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

comfortMexican

Ingredients

2 cupsdried hibiscus flowers

8 cupswater

¾ cupsugar

juice of 2 limes

iceto serve

fresh mintto garnish

Instructions

Simmer hibiscus in water 10 min; strain; discard flowers.

Add sugar while warm; stir until dissolved.

Cool; add lime juice.

Serve over ice with fresh mint.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

195

Protein

Fat

Carbs

50.3g

Fiber

Sodium

1mg

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