Rosella is a herbaceous plant of the Malviv family. A more familiar name for us is hibiscus. All parts of the plant: leaves, seeds, flowers - are successfully used by the people of southern countries in cooking. However, it is the bright, red cups of plant flowers that are the raw material for making the carcade drink. The birthplace of the "red rose" - India. Today the plant grows in all areas of our planet with a tropical climate.
Grow "mallow of Venice" (one of the names of hibiscus) can be at home. To do this, you will need seeds, which can easily be found in bags of karkade tea. Seeds are well established in the home and will certainly please you with a bright red bloom in the first year. In China, the plant is called "Chinese rose". It was here that hibiscus was used as a room culture from time immemorial.
A large number of countries (around 150) grow hibiscus on an industrial scale. This interest is caused not only by the pleasant taste and refreshing effect of the carcade drink, but also by the great health benefits. In the east, the drink of the Pharaohs has the glory of medicines from all diseases.
Red color is given to hibiscus by anthocyanin. It is one of the bioflavonoids that possess the properties of vitamin R. This vitamin is necessary for the body to maintain the strength of the vessels, to regulate the permeability of capillaries.
Hibiscus drink contains many other vitamins, antioxidants, organic acids, polysaccharides. Tea is useful for maintaining the general tone of the body. This is an excellent remedy for the first signs of a cold. It helps to regulate blood pressure, reduce blood sugar, remove toxins, toxins, heavy metals from the body. Drink karkade stimulates the work of the cardiovascular system of the body, protects the liver from exposure to harmful factors. Rosella flowers are also useful after brewing. Swollen petals contain vitamin C, a large number of amino acids and protein. However, it should be remembered that tea karkade increases the acidity of the stomach, so it is undesirable to use it for acute gastritis and ulcers.
Flower tea is very common all over the world. In different countries, the drink has its own sphere of application. For example, in Latin America, karkade is considered a holiday drink. This is especially evident during Christmas. In Sudan and Egypt, the carcade is necessarily present at wedding feasts. No toast is not spoken without this drink. In the US, Rosella is sold as a diuretic in pharmacies.
Wide popularity of tea has determined a large number of ways of brewing. There is one rule, which must be unchanged with any method of brewing. For the infusion of a drink, it is better to use glass, porcelain, ceramic, but, in no case, not a metal container. Metal spoils the true taste and color of the drink. For preparation, loose tea is used in the form of large petals of dark red color, or tea, packaged in brewing bags.
The most common ways of brewing:
- pour in 1h. l. pour boiling water and insist for a few minutes, drink hot;
- ready hot drink to cool and drink cold with the addition of ice;
- pour the flowers with cold water and press for about 8 hours.
You can diversify the taste of karkade by adding various ingredients. If you add traditional for tea sugar and lemon, then you get a taste that is close to your native mors. Adding spices such as cinnamon, ginger, mint, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, etc., makes it possible to prepare non-alcoholic mulled wine.