🇧🇫 Burkinabe Cuisine

Bissap

Hibiscus Juice

Prep Time 20 min + chilling
Servings 8
Difficulty Easy

A vibrant ruby-red chilled drink brewed from dried hibiscus flowers with fresh mint and ginger, sweet and tangy with a floral fragrance.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Rinse hibiscus flowers to remove any dust.
  2. 2 Bring water to a boil. Add hibiscus flowers, ginger, and mint. Boil for 15 minutes.
  3. 3 Remove from heat and let steep for 10 minutes.
  4. 4 Strain through a fine sieve into a pitcher, pressing flowers to extract maximum color.
  5. 5 Stir in sugar and lime juice until dissolved.
  6. 6 Chill thoroughly and serve over ice.

Did You Know?

Bissap is believed to lower blood pressure, and Burkinabe elders drink it daily — they call it "the doctor in a glass."