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Some of the roselle, a kind of hibiscus commonly found in tropical climates — and requested by local Bhutanese and Burmese farmers — has started to shoot up.

In this case, “Jamaica” is pronounced “ha-MAAI-ka,” and the drink is made from flowers, specifically hibiscus flowers — even more specifically, Hibiscus sabdariffa, “roselle.”

Mrs Nongthombam starts early to visit villages for ingredients like Indian olive, roselle and sumac berries - some of these are grown by farmers and others are collected in the wild.

"You got sour-sour? How about clan-clan?" asked a woman on the other end of the phone, using the Sierra Leonean names for roselle and jute.

A cup of roselle juice diluted is better to acidulate with than the lemon juice.