Hibiscus tea.

Dry_bean.

Read an article a while back extolling the virtues of Hibiscus tea, sounded interesting, searched high and low for it with no result, finally located some in tea bags in a health food store in Adelaide a couple of weeks ago, so, bought a pack, bloody expensive, $16 for 40 bags.

It sat next to the Bezzera for a few days before I got around to trying it, when I finally brewed a cup I was totally underwhelmed, pretty ordinary.

Did a bit of research and found the addition of lemon suited some people, we've got a loaded lemon tree so tried again, [size=24pt]great success[/size] am now enjoying it daily.

Not a substitute for coffee however a very pleasant alternative, certainly gave the old taste buds a wake up call. :thumb:

GeekKopi

Nice, I drink tea every now and then but never tried the Hibiscus - just googles it and the pictures look delicious. My wife scored some Madame Zuzu's from the US earlier this year and I quite enjoy the smokey blacks as well as fruity sweet varieties.

Dry_bean.

Hah, ain't that amazing! within minutes of posting this I switched to SBS Food Safari, tonight Egyptian cuisine, and there they are extolling the virtues of Hibiscus tea. They brew it in an Ibrik with sugar, looks like they make it much stronger than my brew. Oh, of course they list the health benefits on the label, helps with everything from ingrown toe nails to hemorrhoids. :rofl:

Brett H

They'd tell ya green coffee beans are good for you if they could make a buck!  Save Em roasting em... Enjoying the taste, well that's different.  Pretty sure I've had some and added sugar.  Pretty nice from memory.