Comments on: Agua de Jamaica

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:11:02 +0000

Just saw this. We live in Panama and get the flowers fresh. We cook it in lots of water with ginger and sometimes a bit of cardamon. Add sugar and serve in ice. So nice. Here it is called “saril”.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:49:13 +0000

white rum and ginger seem like good additions!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:09:55 +0000

Love this! We call it “sorrel” in Jamaica and it is usually made at Christmas time. Add lots of white rum and ginger :-)

By: raquel raney

raquel raney — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:15:18 +0000

yummers!

By: Gabrielaskitchen

Gabrielaskitchen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Thank you for posting this! The world needs to know more about aguas frescas than just horchata (although horchata is and always will be my favorite!).

By: Q

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:50:28 +0000

A local Izakaya makes infused Japanese plum wine (umeshu). A berry one, a rose and a coffee. After tasting the rose, I knew I had to bring them some dried hibiscus to try. They’ve now added it to their collection! It’s delicious over ice.

By: Kasey

Kasey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:27:12 +0000

How appropriate! I JUST made this for the time this weekend (to accompany fish tacos), and found it to be the perfect refresher. Was debating if I’d post the recipe as well, but am just going to direct readers to you :) I used raw sugar, which was incorporated well.

By: kelly

kelly — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:52:32 +0000

yum!

By: casey

casey — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:55:18 +0000

I just got back from Los Angeles two days ago where I was drinking at least a litre of agua de jamaica every day. One of the best summer drinks out there! I also tried a pretty mean cantelope version at a juice stand. mmmmm…..

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:40 +0000

Agua de Jamaica looks vibrant and refreshing. As a fan of hibiscus tea, I’m very intrigued by this summery sipper.

By: hanne

hanne — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:35:55 +0000

Speaking of Canada, it’s not so easy to find jamaica in Alberta. I’ve still got a few hibiscus flowers left over from my last stock up in L.A. Thanks for the reminder! Also, I love the ice cubes in those photos.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:35:20 +0000

Good idea! Will try…

By: laura

laura — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:35:11 +0000

I love agua de jamaica! I bet it would be great with a shot of vodka and/or st. germain – maybe some club soda too…

By: Kim Lennert

Kim Lennert — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:25:35 +0000

I add Campari to mine!

By: Dawn in CA

Dawn in CA — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:33:09 +0000

This is so cool! I never thought of making it from scratch. As for the official drink of summer, we might just have to have a contest of our own during this weekend’s July 4th party. Your Prosecco and Aperol concoction is looking pretty good…