With the sorrel made ahead, all you really have to do is brew some herbal tea and add the rum to make this exotic, spicy-sweet cocktail. It’s such a low-stress drink with bright, tropical flavor.

Sorrel tea . Cooks steep dried hibiscus buds (called sorrel in Jamaica) with fresh ginger and sugar, then chill the tea overnight. They serve it with ice, a splash of soda water, and a squirt of lime.

Sorrel itself came to the Americas on the Middle Passage, where hibiscus seeds were brought to the U.S. by the enslaved, keeping a piece of their homeland alive on foreign soil. “The practice of ...

MACON, Ga. — Just in time for the holidays, we at 13WMAZ wanted to share some of our favorite holiday recipes with you! For this episode, James Duncombe, chef at Tropical Flava in Macon ...

From left: horchata, sorrel, coquito, and Mexican hot chocolate. By Althea Chang-Cook. Cinnamon is a staple in many kitchens, especially in the fall and as we roll into the holiday season.

The spice is in everything from eggnog and hot apple cider to coquito and sorrel—but it can be a significant source of lead, CR's tests found. Here are some cinnamons with the lowest levels.