Sure you know this bright red drink well. Definitely it should become the useful alternative to teas in tea bags during lunch breaks or the chemical and artificial fizzy beverages.
Hibiscus tea or Karkade tea is dried flowers of hibiscus, the so-called Sudanese rose. In Sudan the plant is actually grown on commercial scale, as well as in Egypt.
By own curative properties karkade tea is matchless! It strengthens capillaries, reduces cholesterol level, has antibacterial effect, protects from the toxic effects of alcohol and has antiallergenic activity. It is an excellent natural light diuretic, disinfecting the urinary tract. Karkade extinguishes heartburn, helps with chronic constipation and has antispasmodic effect, due to anthocyanins, contributing to its bright red color. But because of sourish taste people with gastritis should not drink karkade tea.
Hibiscus tea contains fruit acids, amino acids, easily assimilated carbohydrates, macro and micronutrients, vitamins, bioflavonoids.
This drink is recommended for people of any age, because it quenches thirst, regulates appetite and improves digestion. It is noticed that the cold drink decreases the blood pressure and the hot drink increases the blood pressure. In karkade there are no incentive components, so you can give this drink to even little children at any time of the day and in any reasonable quantity.
To brew karkade tea is very easy. Pour one teaspoon of karkade dried leaves with one glass of boiling water and wait for 2-3 minutes. Then you can add a little citric acid or lemon peel, if you wish.
Also karkade is an excellent beverage for athletes. You can take a lightly sweetened with honey cool drink with you on training. Also you can add a little pinch of salt to the drink to restore the salt balance of the organism.