Ingredients :

• Soursop (Corossol) — The pillar of the smoothie. Fresh is ideal, but you’ll more easily find it as frozen pulp in Caribbean or African grocery stores. This version works perfectly. Absolutely avoid canned versions in syrup — much too sweet, they drown out all the fruit’s subtlety.
• Dried hibiscus flowers — The ones used for herbal teas: whole flowers, not powder, not syrup. African and Caribbean grocery stores sell them in large bags for cheap. They provide a ruby-pink color and a natural fruity acidity that no other ingredient can quite replace.
• Turmeric — Fresh if you can find it (Asian grocery stores, sometimes organic aisles), otherwise powder works very well. Start with half a teaspoon — it’s more concentrated than fresh and can quickly overpower everything else.
• Black pepper — Just a pinch. Not optional. You won’t taste it in the final result, but it’s there to chemically activate the turmeric. It’s an old Ayurvedic principle that science has confirmed.