Hibiscus tea is a herbal tea made as an infusion from crimson or deep magenta-colored calyces (sepals) of the roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) flower. It is consumed both hot and cold and has a tart, cranberry-like flavor.
Consumption: Africa
The roselle hibiscus used to make the tea likely originated in Africa.[1] In Africa, hibiscus tea is commonly sold in markets and the dried flowers can be found throughout West and East Africa. Variations on the drink are popular in West Africa and parts of Central Africa. In Senegal, bissap is known as the "national drink of Senegal". Hibiscus tea is often flavored with mint or ginger in West Africa. In Ghana it is known as "sobolo", and "zobo" in Nigeria.
Karkadé (Arabic: كَركَديه karkadīh pronounced [kɑrkæˈdiːh]) is served hot or chilled with ice. It is consumed in some parts of North Africa, especially in Egypt and Sudan
Consumption: Americas
Agua de flor de Jamaica, also called agua de Jamaica and rosa de Jamaica, is popular in Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America and the Caribbean. It is one of several common aguas frescas, which are inexpensive beverages typically made from fresh juices or extracts. Jamaica and other aguas frescas are commonly found in taquerias or other Mexican restaurants. It is usually prepared by steeping the calyces in boiling water, straining the mixture, pressing the calyces (to squeeze all the juice out), adding sugar, and stirring. It is served chilled, and in Jamaica, this drink is a tradition at Christmas, served with fruitcake or sweet potato pudding
In Panama, both the flowers and the drink are called saril (a derivative of the English word sorrel). It is prepared by picking and boiling the calyces with chopped ginger, sugar, clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg. It is traditionally drunk around Christmas and Chinese New Year. This diverges from Mexico and Central America and is much more in line with the Caribbean, due to the strong West Indian influence in Panamanian culture; especially in Panama City and most of Panama's Caribbean coast.
In the English-speaking Caribbean, the drink, called sorrel, is made from the calyces, and it is considered an integral part of Christmas celebrations. In American soul food cuisine, hibiscus tea is included in a category of "red drinks" associated with West Africa.
Consumption: Southeast Asia
In Thailand, most commonly, roselle is prepared as a cold beverage, heavily sweetened and poured over ice, similar to sweetened fruit juices. Plastic bags filled with ice and sweetened 'grajeab' can be found outside most schools and in local markets. It is less commonly made into a wine.
Reviews have concluded that hibiscus tea consumption appears to modestly lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure. Hibiscus tea was generally well tolerated, and did not adversely affect liver or kidney function at lower doses, but may be hepatotoxic at high doses.
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my wife feels kinda torn about language learning right now. so she has been learning German for quite some time, to eventually read a bunch of different German philosophers in German, and she has made a LOT of progress. but then she sees me learning Mandarin and getting immediate use out of it from the months I have been learning it as opposed to her long term goal. she also wants to learn Mandarin, but ofc only has so much capcity to devote to learning a whole ass other langauge on top of a promotion at work. I have told her to stick with the German, I am very proud of her progress and it would not be worth it to throw that away. she is a very intensive single focused learner who will devote 10-20 hours a week to something, but only that one topic so its really not like doing 2 languages is a good idea for how she learns. kind of feel like a bit of a dickhead for being like no, dont do this thing you see me getting gratification from that you have expressed a desire to also partake in, and one we could do together (no way in hell I am learning kraut, we settled that in 45)
I mean its not like I told her no or Id be upset or w/e, I always give her praise and have pride in her accomplishments and tell her that. I just also want to throw my opinion in when asked that its good to stick with the progress you have made in climbing one mountain, than jumping ship to another one because it looks kinda fun
I think you’re doing the right thing, my partner is doing the same for me and has been telling me to focus on just Mandarin for now instead of flip flopping between it and Japanese like I have been for the past year (despite currently living together in japan). I find switching my brain to anything but English results in them all swirling around together so I currently have a weird mix of Korean, Spanish, Japanese, and Mandarin to cycle through when I try to think of something in another language. Definitely not the most efficient way of doing things so I need to focus on one at a time, sounds like your partner learns the same way. Obviously it’s more fun to learn and practice with your partner but think of it this way: once she masters German your Mandarin will be good enough that you can help teach her and practice conversation together while knowing enough to correct common mistakes!
omfg that weird swirl of several languages in your thought is so real. I was doing French, Spanish, and Japanese at the same time years ago, and my internal monolouge was some insane pidgin of those + English that no other human could ever hope to understand