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Burkina Faso Bissap (also called Karkade) is a celebration drink in Africa. Drunk fresh or warm as a herbal tea, Hibiscus is a plant of the traditional african pharmacopeia. Bissap juice is also drunk in Senegal, Guinea (national drink), Mali (dableni), Ivory Coast, Egypt and Soudan. Hibiscus dried flowers are washed and boiled until coloration of the cooking water, then the cooled solution is filtered. Sugar, nutmeg and water of orange blossom can be added. One can also add some Tamarine juice, Baobab fruit juice, fresh ginger, lemongrass, etc. Drink chilled.
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