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Place the dried hibiscus flowers in a quart size jar or pitcher.

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Pour 1 quart of cold water over the hibiscus flowers.

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Cover and let the cold herbal iced tea brew / infuse for 30 minutes minimum. The longer the infusion sits, the darker the water will become – and the darker red the water is, the stronger the hibiscus flavor will be. Letting this infuse overnight in the refrigerator is how many people prefer this tea. However, the flavor will be much more bitter and may require more fresh oranges and strawberries to sweeten the iced tea.

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Strain the tea to remove the hibiscus flowers when the tea has reached your desired strength. The darker the red color the more antioxidants and health benefits you will get from this tea. If you want this to be a wellness shot, infuse the tea all night. The hibiscus will have the strongest flavor when the red color is darkest!

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Squeeze the orange slices and drop them into the strained tea. Add the strawberries slices and store covered in the refrigerator ready to enjoy for several days. For a sweeter flavor, squeeze more orange slices into the tea and add more strawberries.

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Put the hibiscus dried flowers and water together into a saucepan and bring them to a boil. Continue boiling the hibiscus for about 3 minutes.

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Add the orange slices to the saucepan and cook additional 30 seconds. If using fresh ginger, add with the orange slices.

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Steep the tea: Set tea aside and steep for at least 4 hours. Steep the tea to your favorite concentration or richness of flavor.

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If sweetening the tea with honey, add to the tea while it is still warm and stir to dissolve.

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Strain the infused tea into the pitcher or jar. Adjust flavor with fresh orange slices squeezed, strawberries. Cover and chill until serving.

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To serve, pour the tea over ice and garnish with fresh oranges, strawberry, lime slices or a sprig of mint.

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Ice Blended Version:
Try this delicious variation to this antioxidant-rich wellness shot. After the tea infusion steeps to your favorite concentration or richness in flavor, place the strained tea into a blender container and add 1 to 2 tablespoons of fresh mint and ice. Blend and serve iced cold immediately. The mint boosts the tea flavor and adds even more healing nutrients from a green leafy herb to your wellness shot.

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Sweetening options:
This tea should have plenty of natural sweetness from the oranges and strawberries without the need for honey or other refined sugar sweeteners. But if you prefer a sweeter iced tea, you have several options. Steep the tea to your favorite concentration or richness of flavor. Add more oranges and slightly squeeze the juice into the tea to add more sweetness. The strawberries add lots of sweet natural flavor as well. Some people add fresh stevia leaves to the hibiscus flowers during the brewing process to add more natural sweetness. The longer you steep the tea, the richer the flavor and the darker the red color of the hibiscus tea, the greater the therapeutic effect will be. Some people like the strong flavor of the hibiscus tea and simply add a touch of honey to the warm tea during the steeping process so they can drink the tea as strong as possible and get the greatest therapeutic benefit. The fresh mint blended version is delicious as well and adds a great flavor. The fresh ginger mint variation is also delicious if you want to try to add different flavors to this tea. Stevia leaves have no calories and have a natural sweet flavor.

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Wellness Shot Therapeutic Method:
The longer you steep the tea the richer the flavor, and the darker the red color of the hibiscus tea, the greater the therapeutic effect will be. You can let the hibiscus leaves and water fully infuse the herb and flavors for 30 minutes for a very light flavor or a several hours or overnight for a stronger tea. The longer the herb tea leaves steep and infuse in the water, the more colorful antioxidants will be extracted from the hibiscus flower. This will make the flavor much more rich and to some this tastes bitter and a darker red color - but this is how you boost the therapeutic benefits and create a daily wellness shot. This daily wellness shot will have powerful health benefits like relaxing blood vessels within hours after drinking which will support decreasing blood pressure. If you make this wellness shot a daily routine, blood pressure will improve and you will be using food to fight cancer and cardiovascular disease and even diabetes.

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Variation: Ginger Mint Hibiscus Tea
1. Prepare the Hibiscus Tea with the preferred brewing method.
2. Prepare fresh ginger. Cut a 1-inch piece and peel the outer layer with a potato peeler and slice fine.
3. Add the ginger to the hibiscus flowers during the steeping phase of either brewing method.
4. Strain the tea and serve over ice with mint leaves.