CULTURETECHLENSSorrel
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Sorrel is the Caribbean hibiscus drink descended from West African bissap, its hibiscus seeds carried by enslaved people to the Caribbean (per Judith Carney's research, via Adrian Miller); the printed recipe uses dried sorrel (hibiscus) flowers with cloves, fresh ginger, cinnamon and sugar — matching stored hibiscus, ginger, cloves, and 'Caribbean and Black diaspora' origin_note.
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Sorrel is the Caribbean hibiscus drink descended from West African bissap, its hibiscus seeds carried by enslaved people to the Caribbean (per Judith Carney's research, via Adrian Miller); the printed recipe uses dried sorrel (hibiscus) flowers with cloves, fresh ginger, cinnamon and sugar — matching stored hibiscus, ginger, cloves, and 'Caribbean and Black diaspora' origin_note.
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- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-red-drink-180980046/ (verification source · master store)
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Sorrel is the Caribbean hibiscus drink descended from West African bissap, its hibiscus seeds carried by enslaved people to the Caribbean (per Judith Carney's research, via Adrian Miller); the printed recipe uses dried sorrel (hibiscus) flowers with cloves, fresh ginger, cinnamon and sugar — matching stored hibiscus, ginger, cloves, and 'Caribbean and Black diaspora' origin_note.
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