Q&A for How to Make Zobo Drink

Yes, you can add whatever you would like to this to personalize it for your taste.

No, it can be as little as 5 mins on the pot. It also depends if you have a kettle.

Any that you want, but the true flavor and experience is best with just itself.

Yes. That will be a very tasty combination and very healthy.

You don't necessarily have to add pineapple but it will give the drink extra flavor and helps tone down the sugars in the drink.

Yes. Add dates five minutes before you stop boiling the drink, rather than when the recipe says to add sugar.

Preserving the Zobo drink requires it to be boiled beforehand. To pasteurize the beverage, you need to keep it in sterile water heated for up to 100 degrees Celsius for a couple of minutes. The heating effect will increase the shelf life by a significant amount.

Yes, it's a very important step to do for preparation of the zobo drink. Cook on medium heat and leave to boil for a few minutes. Add the ginger and the garlic, add more water and keep boiling for at least 30 minutes. This is the time it will take for the zobo leaves to become completely soft. Turn off the heat and set aside to cool down completely.

No, you want the pineapple flesh. As for adding ginger, a very small amount ginger powder (say 1/4 spoonful) would override all the other flavours.

Yes, the leaves can be used as many as about six times until they begin to lose their red color.

No. It's great even without it.