Description
Eight glasses of chilled ruby hibiscus-orange sparkling punch.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups Water
- 8 bags Plain dried hibiscus tea bags
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 2 cups Orange juice, chilled
- 1/4 cup Fresh lime juice
- 2 cups Sparkling water, chilled
- 1 orange Orange, thinly sliced
- 8 cups Ice
Instructions
- Heat 4 cups water until steaming near a boil. Turn off heat, add 8 plain food-grade hibiscus tea bags and steep about 10 minutes or according to the chosen label. Remove bags without pressing them hard. Stir in 1/4 cup honey while tea is still warm until dissolved.
- Transfer hibiscus-honey concentrate to a covered heatproof pitcher and refrigerate approximately one hour until thoroughly cold. Chill 2 cups orange juice and 2 cups sparkling water separately. Wash and thinly slice one orange just before service.
- In a large punch bowl combine chilled hibiscus tea with 2 cups orange juice and 1/4 cup fresh lime juice. Stir and taste. Only when guests are ready, gently add 2 cups sparkling water and float the orange slices.
- Divide approximately 8 cups ice among eight glasses and ladle about one cup punch into each. The liquid starts at about 8 1/4 cups before steeping loss and garnish; check finished volume and sweetness with the selected tea and juice brands.
Notes
Recipe-development draft; not kitchen-tested. Timing and yield are estimates. Nutrition has not been calculated.
Additional chilling, resting or cooling time: 60 minutes, included in the total.
Untested estimate: allow about five minutes to heat water and ten to steep tea, then chill concentrate one hour and assemble immediately before service.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Chilling, resting or cooling: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Drinks
Nutrition
- Serving Size: About one cup liquid before ice