Roasted Barley Tea- Mugicha is all time favorite tea in Japan. Serve hot in winter and cold in summer. Mugicha is very healthy tea as it's free of caffeine and contains a lot of minerals. The taste is very delicious as well natural sweet and nice aroma of roasted barley. You can easily find a bottle of Mugicha on vending machine or in a convenient store in Japan. But It can be easily prepared at home as the ready made teabag is also available. There are many brands available in the market in a form of teabag or roasted loose grain type. I prefer to buy a teabag type as I do not need to measure each time to simmer it. It's very common that Mugicha is served at Japanese restaurants before a meal or even after meals as a hot one.
Benefit of drinking this tea is;
- Reduce stress
- Control cholesterol
- Antibacterial
- Impurities the body
- Contains vitamin B1, B2 and iron
- Moistens the skin
Preparation method
1 or 1.5 liter water
1 teabag
Hot brewing:
- Bring water to boil, add tea bag and turn heat off.
- Leave it for 5 minutes
- Take out the tea bag and leave it cool.
- Chill it in the fridge
- Put the tea bag in a cold water jug.
- Chill it in the fridge for 2 hours.
- Take teabag out
- When it gets chilled it ready to serve.
I personally prefer the hot brewing type as its more robust and tasty. Cold brewing gives a lighter taste but also refreshing as hot brewing. For hot serving, skip cooling process. Serve immediately after simmering.
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