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쌍화차 · Herbal tea

Herbal tea

쌍화차

What exactly is it?

A blend of herbal ingredients makes a dark, strongly aromatic drink. It can be slightly bitter or sweetened to balance the flavor. Generous chestnut, jujube and pine-nut toppings can make it as much a spoonable snack as a tea.

Main ingredients

A blend of herbal ingredients, ginger and jujube; toppings may include chestnuts, pine nuts, ginkgo or egg yolk

Ordering and serving

Some cafés add an egg yolk; ask before ordering if you do not want it. Use the supplied spoon for the toppings and check the listed blend ingredients.

Origins and changes

Jeongeup’s ssanghwacha street is associated with long-simmered blends and toppings such as chestnuts, ginkgo and pine nuts. The blend served as a tea varies between establishments.

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Herbal tea

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Main ingredients
A blend of herbal ingredients, ginger and jujube; toppings may include chestnuts, pine nuts, ginkgo or egg yolk
Flavor and character
A blend of herbal ingredients makes a dark, strongly aromatic drink. It can be slightly bitter or sweetened to balance the flavor. Generous chestnut, jujube and pine-nut toppings can make it as much a spoonable snack as a tea.
How to eat it
Some cafés add an egg yolk; ask before ordering if you do not want it. Use the supplied spoon for the toppings and check the listed blend ingredients.
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Main ingredients
Roasted barley and water
Flavor and character
Roasted barley produces a toasted, unsweetened infusion served hot or cold. A restaurant’s brown drinking water may be barley tea, but corn and other grain infusions can look similar.
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Think of it as toasted-grain drinking water. If you avoid barley, ask what is in the restaurant’s water and request plain water.
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