Herbs
Hibiscus (sorrel)
What the traditions say
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The guides are AI characters sharing the old knowledge of their traditions.
What Elijah says
Jamaica, West Africa, Amazon · Bush Doctor
“Sorrel = red calyces of Hibiscus sabdariffa (roselle, bissap, zobo, sobolo in West Africa). Fever grass = lemongrass, Cymbopogon citratus.”
“Sorrel (Hibiscus sabdariffa). An African crop carried to the Americas (Carney and Rosomoff), the red calyces drunk as sorrel. SRC nutraceutical research.”
What Amara says
Nubia, on the Nile in Sudan · The Nile Kitchen
“The red drink. Karkade (also written karkadeh) is made from the dried red cups of the roselle flower, Hibiscus sabdariffa. It is the colour of a sunset in a glass, sour, and sweetened to taste. Hot in the cool months, cold in the heat. At weddings and on hot afternoons, in her grandmother's house and in every Sudanese house she knows.”
“The household. Karkade cold from the shade, tamarind or baobab drinks, water through the day, the midday rest inside the clay walls, work in the morning and the evening (the signal skill set).”