G'tiap - what is it please?

[keelbolt]

The current Mrs Keelbolt (who is also English) and I were lunching in a lovely restaurant near our flat, and the waiter offered us a wonderful, cool, blackcurrent type drink. It wasn't quite blackcurrent - it had something bitter in the background and lacked that cloying sweetness that blackcurrent often has. When I asked him what it was, he repeated several times, slowly and carefully so I could get the tones I guess, G'tiap (or, how I remember it, G'tea app).

Can anyone please (a) enlighten me on what this drink actually contains, and ( the thai spelling? Thanks very much in advance.

KB

[Chaam local]

It's กระเจี๊ยบ or roselle in English. My wife makes some juice from the fruits we have in the garden, it's delicious.

[keelbolt]

Thank you. Thats brilliant. Now I know not only what it is, but how to spell it and therefore how to say it properly. Brilliant!

[kokesaat]

If you paste กระเจี๊ยบ into the dictionary at thai-language.com, you'll be able to hear how it's pronounced. Failing that, ask for gra-jiep