Where Every Recipe is a Ritual
Hibiscus & Oak brings the authentic flavors and folklore of the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Mexico to your table — premium, clean-label products rooted in centuries of cultural heritage.
Our Story
In the Caribbean, food is never just food — it is memory, magic, and medicine. Every grain of rice carries the rhythm of a drum. Every pot simmering on a coal fire holds a whisper from the ancestors.
Hibiscus & Oak was born from a simple truth: the world’s most powerful flavors come from the places where many cultures collided and created something entirely new. The Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Mexico are the mixing bowls of the New World — where African, Indigenous, European, and Asian traditions forged cuisines that refuse to forget their origins.
Our products are elegant yet rustic, premium yet honest — made with natural ingredients, minimal processing, and zero artificial preservatives, colors, or sweeteners. Every jar, bottle, and blend is a gateway to a genuine cultural experience.
We craft products that honor the historical and social contexts of every dish — acknowledging the African, Indigenous, and colonial influences that shaped these cuisines into living treasures.
Our Collection
Each product in the Hibiscus & Oak collection carries the soul of its origin — crafted from authentic recipes, natural ingredients, and generations of cultural wisdom.
Trinidad & Tobago
The foundation of Trinidadian cooking — a vibrant blend of culantro, chive, thyme, garlic, and scotch bonnet that transforms any dish into a celebration.
Haiti
Haiti’s aromatic seasoning base of parsley, bell pepper, garlic, and herbs — the soul of Haitian cuisine, from griot to bouyon.
Haiti
A fiery, tangy pickled condiment of scotch bonnet, cabbage, and carrots — born from the trickster tale of Ti Malice and beloved on every Haitian table.
Guadeloupe & Martinique
A fragrant, toasted spice blend of turmeric, coriander, mustard seed, and fenugreek — the Indo-Caribbean soul of French Antillean cuisine.
Barbados
A bold, herby blend of marjoram, thyme, and scotch bonnet that captures the warmth and pride of Bajan kitchens.
Island Collection
A curated series of island-specific pepper sauces — from Trinidadian scotch bonnet to Aruban madame jeanette, each telling its own fiery story.
Where Our Stories Begin
Caribbean Islands
30+ Islands Documented
Central America
Belize to Panama
South America
Guyana to Argentina
Mexico
Ancient Roots, Living Flavor
Caribbean Folklore & Food
Stories of Spirits, Salt, and Sweetbread
A Hibiscus & Oak Collection
The Book
This collection gathers the folklore and foodways of the Caribbean — island by island. Each chapter offers a story and a dish, both drawn from memory and myth.
The stories are not meant to explain, but to re-enchant. The recipes not to imitate, but to honor. Because in the Caribbean, every recipe is a ritual, and every spirit — no matter how fearsome or strange — is still invited to the table.
From the forest guardian Papa Bois teaching a hunter the price of balance through pelau, to the goddess Ezili tasting pepper soup in the hills above Jacmel — these tales carry the weight of ancestry and the warmth of a shared pot.
Folklore & Flavor
Each story pairs a Caribbean legend with an authentic recipe — because behind every dish, there’s an ancestor, a spirit, or a lesson simmering in the pot.
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago
The forest guardian teaches a hungry man the price of balance. In the green hills where the cocoa trees whisper, a hunter learns that every grain of rice and every piece of meat comes from the forest — so eat with thanks, or Papa Bois go find yuh.
🍲 Trini Pelau🇭🇹 Haiti
In the hills above Jacmel, the goddess of love appears to a grieving cook. “You cook with love that burns,” Ezili says. “But love that burns too long becomes ash.” A story of sorrow transformed into nourishment.
🌶 Bouyon Piman d’Ezili🇧🇧 Barbados
Miss Eudora May tends her breadfruit trees in St. George, healing the sick with her stew. When a cruel overseer demands the trees be cut, the obeah woman’s quiet power reveals that profit don’t feed soul.
🍛 Roasted Breadfruit with Spicy Butter🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
In the seaside town of Loíza, a young baker encounters the spirit of the Taíno queen Yuiza, who teaches her that every loaf carries the memory of ancestors who fished by torchlight and ground cassava in the moonlight.
🥥 Pan de Coco de Loíza🇦🇼 Aruba
A proud cook guards his recipe like treasure until the spirit of the wind-bent Divi-Divi tree appears: “Your stew smells fine, but your heart smells proud.” A tale of generosity as the strongest spice.
🌶 Stoba di Kabritu🇧🇸 Bahamas
Deep in Andros Island’s forests, a feathery trickster with red eyes rewards humble offerings of guava duff — but mocks and twists the path of the greedy. Only sweetness born of humility can satisfy the Chickcharney.
🍰 Guava Duff with Rum Butter SauceFrom Our Kitchen
Each recipe connects a traditional dish to its cultural roots — crafted with respect for the ancestors and the ingredients that shaped these cuisines.
Trinidad & Tobago
Caramelized chicken, rice, pigeon peas, and coconut milk — smoky, sweet, and rich with the spirit of the forest.
Haiti
Haitian pepper soup with bone-in chicken, yam, and scotch bonnet — comfort in heat form, a warmth that heals from the inside out.
Trinidad & Tobago
Half-ripe mangoes with garlic, hot pepper, chadon beni, and lime — a balance of fire, salt, and sweetness.
Virgin Islands
Deep red, fragrant, and alive with warmth — dried hibiscus steeped with cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. A Christmas tradition and ancestral toast.
Anguilla
Earthy bark tea sweetened with brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla — a drink that teaches patience with every bittersweet sip.
Aruba
Aruban goat pepper stew — slow-simmered with cumin, coconut milk, and scotch bonnet. Flavor forged through patience, simplicity, and spice.
Our Philosophy
No artificial preservatives, colors, or sweeteners. Every product is minimally processed, using whole, natural ingredients as nature intended them.
Every product carries its cultural story — the folklore, the ancestry, the meaning behind the flavor. We don’t just sell food; we share heritage.
Formulated with care for common allergens and dietary sensitivities. Clear labeling, honest ingredients, and options that welcome everyone to the table.
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