# From "The Hidden History of Beverages" by Alexander Lukashev

## 25. Chilled Hibiscus with Mint

Part Two (recipes), chapter 25 · Drunk whenever you like
Page: https://herbalmind.bar/recipes/chilled-hibiscus-mint/

summer cold drink · taste: sharply sour, with menthol on top · preparation time: 10 minutes + cooling

Plants:
- hibiscus calyx (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) — no European Medicines Agency monograph
- peppermint leaf (Mentha × piperita L.) — European Medicines Agency monograph EMA/HMPC/572705/2014 Rev. 1: traditional use for digestive disorders such as dyspepsia and flatulence

From “Before You Begin,” the book’s safety page (free: https://herbalmind.bar/before-you-begin/):
- Fifteen of the recipes are drunk whenever you like. Make them at whatever frequency suits you, within the limits each chapter gives.
- Hibiscus, Chapters 22 and 25, lowers blood pressure and adds to the effect of medication that does the same.
- Pregnancy: Twenty-six of the twenty-eight recipes here are restricted in pregnancy — most because safety has not been established rather than because harm has been shown, but the answer is the same either way. The two that carry no restriction are the rosehip brew of Chapter 26 and the sea buckthorn of Chapter 28, both of them fruits eaten as food across Europe.

The recipe itself — amounts and preparation, who should not drink it, how much and for how long — is in chapter 25 of the book: https://books.apple.com/book/id6756108723

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