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.
Hibiscus tea is the infusion made from crimson or deep magenta-coloured calyces (sepals) of the Hibiscus sabdariffa flower, an herbal tea drink consumed both hot and cold by people around the world.
It is also referred to a:
- Roselle (another common name for the hibiscus flower) or rosella (Australian)
- Flor de Jamaica in Latin America
- Karkadé in Jordan, Egypt and Sudan
- Chai Kujarat in Iraq
- Chai Torsh in Iran
- Gumamela in the Philippines
- Bissap Or Wonjo in West Africa
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