I decided gratefully instead to make tea with what they have provided me this season.... though jam is what I yearn to make with them eventually.
So yesterday with lots of help from little hands we set about plucking...
picking.....
peeling...and drying those stunning fleshy red calyxes in the oven to make our tea.
It really is delicious and I could not stop at just two pieces in my cup.
It really is delicious and I could not stop at just two pieces in my cup. Of course unlike me you could strain your tea but sometimes it's nice to enjoy your cup the rustic way, especially when it is homemade....you know?
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it looks absolutely delicious. i've never heard of rosellas - apart from the birds.....
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those are stunning looking things...whatever they are! I learn so much from coming to this blog :) *off to look up rosella tea*
I've not heard of rosellas either, but they sure are pretty. The color of the tea is just gorgeous!
Ooohhhh! Now I get what the 'Hisbiscus' is in the red coloured herbal tea blends. I love discovering new things :-)
Thank you for showing these Leanne
Celia
They're huge! They're just so beautiful just to look at.
Ooh, I would have gone for jam as well as tea. Yum.
That color is just divine! I love hibiscus tea and I can imagine the jam is quite tasty and beautiful too!
SO cool. I've never seen or heard of them. I wonder if they would grow out here in NY? That tea is a beautiful hue.
That looks so rich and good... I walked straight past rosellas at the farmer's market the other day - never having used them before. Next time I will stop and buy some to try this tea.
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They make a lovely coloured, rich red tea, I think you can make a cordial from them as well. And I also wonder whether you could dye fabric with them as well. They are quite an exotic looking fruit.
Pip
Yes Pip, I'd love to try the cordial too one day and they stain fingers just beautifully...funny because we were going to play with colouring fabric with some extras this weekend!
so pretty! and tasty too I imagine...I have not tried it but it reminds me of the rosehip tea which I'm rather partial to.
This is fantastic! I've never seen or heard of Rosella... look at that lovely RED tea! Is it a fruit or flower! It's beautiful.
How beautiful!
Nope, haven't heard of it here as well. It really is a beautiful tea (and flower). We love it the rustic way as well when it comes from our own garden.
I've bought them preserved in syrup in the gormet fruit an veg shop where my son works- but I put them in the bottom of my champagne glass. lovely! Are they easy to grow?
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