Sadly there are no pictures today, as i enjoyed this tea while out dining in my area.
Barley tea is a tea that is served cold in Japan as a cooling summer drink, and served hot and cold in Korea. While this is not a true tea, since it contains no tea leaf, it is still quite delicious. Since it is a Tizane, it is also non-caffienated.
Barley Tea is made by roasting barley and then brewing the roasted barley. While many places use ground roasted barley tea-bags today, there are still some places that sell whole roasted barley. Barley tea is called Mugicha in Japan and Boricha in Korea. Other places around the globe also enjoy their barley-tea, in Britain it is known simply as Barley Water, while the Mexican population enjoys aguas frescas.
Some claimed health benefits of barley tea include improved blood fluidity due to cleansing the blood of impurities, and reduced stress.
For me this tea was very enjoyable, it was light, warm, and delicious even when tepid. It went really well with our pickled veggies and sushi and it peaked my interest enough to go try and find a place to order it from. While a co-drinker found it slightly bitter, i thought that it was a nice cleansing taste. It was perfect to have on such a rainy day and really made the meal i think!
Kind-Tizane
Color- light brown
Fragrance- earthy
Taste-refreshing
Best during- i could drink this all day
Overall- delicious! i'll have to find a place to order some
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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Sweetened mugicha is also quite good. I like to sweeten it like sweet tea and have it as an iced tea.
ReplyDeleteBarley is very healthy. It is rich in nutrients. It helps in various ways like for skin purifier, cures pimples, helps to get taut skin, it act as skin whitener and has many other benefits. It can also be used as body scrub, which can be rubbed on the skin for 15-20 minutes to get optimal exfoliation.
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