I am needing a sun tea jar

[evile]

Last Thursday, I went to The Screaming Goat with dree & her husband. I saw a drink on the menu that I'd never heard of, "Jamaica"...I figured it might be a coffee drink, but when I asked the guy gave me a sample of a wonderful, dark red, sweet & tart substance. I ordered a glass and enjoyed the heck out of it. (thought it might be good with rum)

Further research shows that "Jamaica" is a Mexican beverage made from Hibiscus flowers ("Jamaica" in Spanish="Hibiscus")

It is yummy yummy.

I found that I had a box of hibiscus rasberry tea bags at home, purchased for the rasberry when I was searching for solutions to my girly problems....lo and behold, when it is sweetened and served with ice, it's Jamaica!

(It is also good for you.)

WHEE!

:)

Comments

[feetwilltravel.livejournal.com]

You can get jamaica from klass in the powdered form kinda like koolaid, with and with out sugar pre-added. You can also make it like sun tea but it tends to turn bad quicker than tea does.

I have some flowers if you want to try something with them tonight. They are about 6.99 for a bag that is about half a pound-ish.

[bramblekite.livejournal.com]

Good to know. I could drink a lot of this stuff, but maybe still not a good idea to try and do up a big sun tea jar of it, if it's just going to go bad.


:)

[kitten-dreamz.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love Jamaica. In fact when we went to eat food for your bday dinner, that is what I was *trying* to get.

I have gone through steady Jamaica withdrawal since leaving California. Its seriously...so good.

*purr*
Kitten

[bramblekite.livejournal.com]

the HEB brand 'rasberry hibiscus' tea makes a pretty good Jamaica, IMHO. Not that I have vast experiences with the beverage (yet) but I thought it was pretty similar to the beverage I had at the screaming goat. Just not quite as sweet (which is good, for me.)

[maevemacaraab.livejournal.com]

You know what's really cool about sun tea jars, you can also make iced coffee with it (you can buy a tea back sock, or just filter the grinds when you are done). I swear, it's like the best iced coffee you've ever had. I don't even put milk or sugar in it and I hate black coffee hot.

I also really like iced peppermint tea. The stronger the better.

[bramblekite.livejournal.com]

I love coffee & iced coffee...but I'm off sugar and caffeine for a bit. :) Definitely something to keep in mind, though!