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Agua de flor de Jamaica, also called agua de Jamaica and rosa de Jamaica, is popular in Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America and the Caribbean. It is one of several common aguas frescas, which are inexpensive beverages typically made from fresh juices or extracts. Jamaica and other aguas frescas are commonly found in taquerias or ...
Dried flowers of the flor de Jamaica plant, used to make agua de Jamaica, or Jamaica iced tea. Jamaica iced tea is a popular herbal tea made of the flowers and leaves of the Jamaican hibiscus plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as flor de Jamaica in Mexico. It is served cold and quite sweet with a lot of ice.
On the left is a jar of agua de flor de Jamaica, and on the right is horchata. The drinks are ladled from the jars into glasses. Chia seed agua fresca Guava agua fresca. Aguas frescas [1] [2] (English: cool waters, lit.
Roselle juice, known as bissap, wonjo, foléré, dabileni, tsobo, zobo, siiloo, or soborodo in parts of Africa, [1] karkade in Egypt, sorrel in the Caribbean, and agua de Jamaica in Mexico, is a drink made out of the flowers of the roselle plant, a species of Hibiscus.
It is known as bissap in West Africa, "Gul e Khatmi" in Urdu & Persian, agua de jamaica in Mexico and Central America (the flower being flor de jamaica) and Orhul in India. Some refer to it as roselle, a common name for the hibiscus flower.
On the left is a jar of jamaica, and on the right is a jar of horchata. Restaurant employees serve the drinks by ladling them from the jars into glasses. The drink now known as horchata de chufa (also sometimes called horchata de chufas [10] or, in West African countries such as Nigeria and Mali, kunnu aya [11] [12] [13]).
Peter L. Patrick in his list of "Some Recent Jamaican Creole Words" (an earlier version of which appeared in the journal American Speech in Fall 1995, 70(3):227-264.) suggests that the origin of the word is possibly from Kikongo kalunga '(Angolan) for lake, sea, ocean', Laman 1936, 207; but also in senses 'proper name' and 'in the depths, right ...
In Jamaica, soups are often prepared on Saturdays for dinner, but they may be eaten throughout the week or at special events. They are usually consumed alone, but may be served with hard dough bread or Jamaican water crackers. Soups are almost always served piping hot. Jamaican chicken soup. Busso (rive snail) soup; Chicken foot soup; Chicken ...