How to Prepare Tasty Sorrel or Hibiscus or Zobo Drink

Sorrel or Hibiscus or Zobo Drink. Zobo drink also known as Sorrel drink or hibiscus drink is easy to make. Zobo drink is made from dried hibiscus petals. This drink is not unique to Nigeria though and is known over the world by different names.

I first drank it an the Nigerian Day festival. Zobo drink, a sweet hibiscus/sorrel drink (also known in West Africa as bissap juice or Sobolo) is an African hibiscus tea made from dry sorrel leaves and with a special twist of mine How to Make Zobo Drink. Two and a half cups of hibiscus or red sorrel buds. You can cook Sorrel or Hibiscus or Zobo Drink using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Sorrel or Hibiscus or Zobo Drink

1. You need of Drink.
2. It's 3 small of cups of dried hibiscus flower.
3. It's 1 of cinnamon stick.
4. You need 8 of cloves.
5. It's 1 1/2 of tspns of ground ginger.
6. You need 1 of water.
7. Prepare 1 of half a pineapple.
8. It's 3 of garlic pieces.

For hibiscus tea, sometimes known as Jamaica, see hibiscus tea. Caribbean citizens know this drink as Sorrel. People from other countries call it Roselle. Nigerians love to call it Zobo.

Sorrel or Hibiscus or Zobo Drink step by step

1. Put leaves in a pot and Wash the leaves in cold water.
2. .
3. After 5 mins of cooking on medium heat pour the remaining ingredients add more water then let it boil for almost 30mins to allow the leaves and pineapple to be soft ..
4. After 30mins of cooking turn off and set aside to cool down.
5. When cool, sieve out the juice from the leaves and other ingredients leaving only the juice in pot.
6. At this point you can also add any artificial flavour of your choice...some people might choose to add sugar I wanted mine a bit natural so I added honey and a bit of artificial flavour and stirred it.
7. Pour into a bottle or a water jug and refrigerate.
8. Try it out and upload pictures.

It is a popular local beverage. By the way, Zobo drink production is available to anyone who wants to make it using hot water and Hibiscus or Roselle plant. Zobo is made from the the dried calyces (sepal) of the hibiscus plant flower. Zobo leaves are also called; sorrel, flor de Jamaica and rosemallow. Although the drink is known by different names all over the world (Zobo, Hibiscus tea, bissap, wonjo), the flavor profile is very similar.