Karkade. Useful properties of an amazing drink of the Egyptians

Flower karkade tea is made from the petals of hibiscus flowers (scientific name - Hibiscus sabdariff) or Sudanese roses - shrubs and trees of the Malva family. You can count about 150 different species of this plant, and grow it in Egypt, China, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Thailand and Ceylon.

Usually, large and thick petals are collected and then dried (up to 10 cm). Of course, large-leaf tea is preferable and more useful, although it is also used in powdered form, with all kinds of additives that change its taste and quality.
Classic tea karkade - a drink with a rich red color, with a pleasant sweet and sour taste, quenching thirst and restoring vitality - was popular and loved by the ancient Egyptians.

And today the national drink in Egypt is the carcade tea, the useful properties of which are due to the substances contained in it: fruit acids, amino acids, antioxidants, easily digestible carbohydrates, vitamins, macro- and microelements, bioflanoids, polysaccharides and pectin. The properties of tea contribute to the release of heavy metals and toxins from the body.

It is important to know what is useful for karkade tea - with regular use of this magnificent tonic drink, cholesterol level is lowered and slags are eliminated from the body. It helps at an elevated temperature and with a hangover syndrome.

The list of all that is useful tea karkade can continue. This is a calming effect, and increasing protection from adverse effects on the liver, and cleansing the body, and stimulating the production of bile, as well as the removal of muscle spasms and diuretic properties.

This is not all, what is remarkable about karkade tea. Its useful properties are not limited to this. Contained in it, vitamin P regulates the permeability of blood vessels, strengthening their walls, and quercetin treats eye diseases, improves visual acuity.

The high content of antioxidants helps to prevent the formation of tumors and has a pronounced rejuvenating effect on the body.

Karkade, whose useful properties are indisputable, is not recommended for people who have high acidity and children under one year of age.

When preparing this wonderful drink, you need to pay attention to how to properly brew karkade. It is important to use only china or glassware. If the containers are made of another material, there is a risk of getting an unpleasant color of the drink. In order not to lose almost all vitamins, it is better to make karkad petals simply with boiling water.

One of the tips how to properly brew tea karkade: usually a glass of water takes 1 teaspoon of petals, but depending on the taste preferences can vary their number. For example, pour a hundred and fifty milliliters of boiling water 2 teaspoons of tea karkade and let it brew for about 5 minutes.

And to quench your thirst and tone your body, you can prepare a great drink, following one of the recipes - fill the tea leaves with cold water and put it on the refrigerator for 2 days.

Cairo recipe - carcade petals 2-3 hours withstand in cold water. Bring to a boil and boil for five minutes over very low heat. Having removed the container from the fire, catch all the flowers - and the drink is ready.

Very useful as a wonderful vitamin supplement is the use of soaked petals during brewing - the protein content in them is up to 9.5%. And they contain 13 amino acids, of which 6 are indispensable, and the organism without them simply can not exist.

This is what the karkade tea is, the useful properties of which will help to keep the body in good shape. Drink more often is a wonderful drink to stay young and energetic for a long time!