Rare Hibiscus Flowers

Name: Rare Hibiscus Flowers
Brand: Rare Tea Company Tea
Price: 5.99 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (7 reviews)

£5.99

(8p per cup)

Style

50g Pouch

Quantity

A delicious herbal infusion exquisitely crafted from the dried calyx (or sepals) of the hibiscus flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa.)

For every kilo of our Rare Hibiscus Flowers our farmers need to collect 12 kilos of fresh calyx.

Naturally caffeine free.

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Customer Reviews

5.0 Based on 7 Reviews

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21 August 2021

Anna P.

United Kingdom

Comforting yet refreshing

This is an exceptionally good Hibiscus, whole flowers and very fresh. You can drink it hot when you need something to pick you up, or cold when it tastes refreshing. It has numerous medicinal benefits and is utterly delicious.

02 April 2021

Georgia C.

United States

The Best Hibiscus Tea

I’ve loved the flavor of hibiscus tea for a long time. Rae Tea’s Hibiscus is over the top wonderful. The description on the website mentions the cranberry finish on this lovely tea. Iced, the flavor is so refreshing and complex. I’ll be drinking hibiscus tea all summer. No other brand I’ve tried has been this delicious and I am an inveterate hibiscus tea fan.

02 April 2021

Anna P.

United Kingdom

Life enhancing

This tea can be ***** hot when in need of comfort and warming up, or cold when in need of cooling down. I often have it for breakfast when the glorious colour alone seems to pick me up. It has a mellow, yet slightly citrusy taste, and the flowers are very fresh. They are whole too, unlike some other hibiscus teas that come in an almost powdered form and taste of dull grass. Delicious.

02 April 2021

Julie N.

United Kingdom

Lovely fruity tea

Refreshing even with only a few leaves. Would recommend for people wanting something a little different.

06 January 2021

Catherine T.

United States

Good as a tea and compress

I drink this every night as a nourishing tea and I soak my facecloths in an infusion for my face.

Tasting Notes

The flavour is rich in berries, slightly tart, but with a cranberry sweet finish.

Quantity

Use 2g per 150ml of water.

Temperature

For the optimum infusion use 100°C (212°F) water.

Time

Infuse for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, tasting regularly.

Infusions

You can infuse these herbs at least three times. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

Cost Per Cup

8p per cup based on 2g of tea per 150ml of water and 3 infusions.

We get our fabulous hibiscus from Satemwa in Malawi.

Satemwa provides hibiscus seedlings free of charge to smallholder growers, who are mostly women, that they plant and tend to on their plots.

When they’re ready, Satemwa buys back the flowers, providing a vital extra revenue stream.

Hibiscus is enjoyed all over the world both hot or cold - often sweetened with sugar or honey. In Jamaica and many other islands in the Caribbean the drink is known as Sorrel. It is known as Bissap in West Africa, Karkadé in Egypt and Sudan, Gongura in India and Brazil and most famously as Flor de Jamaica in Mexico.

It is a mild diuretic, rich in vitamin C and is believed to help reduce blood pressure.