{"id":6525,"date":"2014-08-25T08:39:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/blog\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T21:36:12","slug":"berry-hibiscus-cooler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/berry-hibiscus-cooler\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright, Tangy and Refreshing Berry Hibiscus Cooler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the summer months approach, the search for refreshing and delicious drinks to beat the heat intensifies. Berry Hibiscus Cooler is bursting with fruity flavors and tangy hibiscus making it a wonderful thirst quencher when temps are soaring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So sit back, relax, and get ready to sip on this cool and refreshing drink.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Technically this is not a copycat recipe from a certain chain of coffee houses that shall remain nameless. You know, the omnipresent one that is on almost every street corner, mall and grocery store these days. Their Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher<\/strong> was made with fresh blackberries and \"a boost of natural energy from Green Coffee Extract\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mine is a tisane<\/strong><\/em>, a fancy word for an herbal tea without caffeine. And it has a deep rich beautiful color and you can use any berry, fresh or frozen, that you desire. And you can make it sugar free if you desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it is considerably cheaper than the coffee house version. Even if you add in some green coffee extract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is hibiscus tea?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Being from the Southwestern U.S. I know the dried flower as Jamaica and I can easily find packets with all of the Mexican herbs at my local grocery store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, a little research on the\u00a0always knowledgeable Wikipedia<\/a> reveals that hibiscus tea has plenty of different names and is available all over the world:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The drink is called roselle<\/b> (a name for the flower) or rosella<\/b> (Australia), agua de Jamaica<\/b> and\/or flor de Jamaica<\/b> in Latin America, Arhul ka phool<\/b> in India, karkad\u00e9<\/b> in Levant, Egypt, Italy and Sudan, Chai Kujarat<\/b> in Iraq, Chai Torsh<\/b> in Iran, gumamela<\/b> in the Philippines, bissap<\/b>, tsoborodo<\/b> or wonjo<\/b> in West Africa, sorrel<\/b> in Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, red sorrel<\/b> in the wider Caribbean, and other names in other regions, including the U.S., where it is sometimes known as simply Jamaica<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So, if Mexican ingredients are not\u00a0a staple\u00a0in your area, perhaps one of those other names may aid your search. <\/p>\n\n\n

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