I know this is an old post,
Tonight, I've tried two small batches of Hibiscus soap.
I didn't see this until now, even thought I had searched.
I made Hibiscus tea,
- to get the most intense colour possible I boiled / simmered until the leaves settled to the bottom.
- let sit over night
- boiled / simmer again about 15 mins
- When cooled put into a mason jar in the fridge
1) used 100 percent of the tea with lye.
- It was a beautiful deep red-ish / cardinal bird red colour
- Added lye, it turned deep green, then brownish, then soft orange - or tangerine - or light peach colour (looked nice)
- added to the oil and it turned a tan-ish / cream colour, with a dull or greyish - tanish - brownish colour
- its sitting all bundled up in towels right now.
2) used half with lye, and added the other half at trace
The exact same thing happened to 1.1 ,1.2,
At trace added the remaining tea, and saw green on the edge of the bowl then it turned into a rich, really rich beige cream, almost like a cream you find inside a rich chocolate, it also looked very smooth.
It is sitting all bundled up in towels right now.
3) I thought I would try it steeping in oil, and see what happens. This will take a little while to sit before I can try it.