SC - Unusual beverage

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

mmm! agua fresca!!!!! :)

Jamaica is one of my favorite flavors, after Tamarind. You can buy it like
koolaid, ie the sugar/powdered mixture, or I guess you can buy the flowers
and make it from scratch. Cool!, or should we say, Kool! :)

- --Anne-Marie, who never sees such things up here and has to import her agua
fresca powder from San Diego :)


At 11:27 PM 2/18/01 -0800, you wrote:
>At 01:00 AM 2/19/01 -0600,Stefan li Rous said something like:
>>Greetings,
>>
>>Last weekend when we were exploring an oriental food store, I found and
>>bought a bag of what look like dried flowers.
>>
>>The name on the bag is "Flor de Jamaica" and the brand is "Lopez Bros.
>>& co.".  They look like some sort of very dark red/purple flower petals,
>>most about an inch long and a quarter wide, rather curled. There are
>>some whitish or partial white petals mixed in.
>
>Jamaica is a very refreshing cold drink. It is based on a very deep red 
>hibiscus blossom (which is obviously dried).
>
>I've also seen directions call for a little fresh lime juice to be added.
>It's good, VERY good.  I understand that the blossoms are used in many 
>places besides the Americas (an acquaintance of mine from Samoa said that 
>they cook with them there also).
>
>Regards,
>Maggie MacD.
>
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