How to Easily Make Barley Tea

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House - Mugicha (Barley) Tea - 16 large bags
by House

Mugicha, or barley tea, is typically served over ice and is a Japanese summertime favorite
It is healthy, naturally caffeine-free and sugar-free, and deliciously refreshing!
No boiling needed to make this mugicha, just add a tea bag into a pitcher of water and let steep
Each box includes sixteen 0.31 ounce tea bags, each tea bag makes 1 quart of mugicha
Net wt. 5.07 Oz.

House - mugicha (barley) tea - 16 large bags is a tisane made from roasted barley, which is popular in Japanese and Korean cuisine. It is also used as a caffeine-free coffee substitute. Green tea, chai tea and black tea are fine, but there is nothing like a nice tall glass of refreshing barley tea. It has a mild, slightly nutty flavor that doesn't require any sugar or lemon, and it has no caffeine. It has a toasty taste, with slight bitter undertones, but much less so than tea made from tea leaves.

Barley tea is a roasted-grain-based infusion made from barley which is a staple across East Asian regions like the Koreas, China, Japan, and Taiwan.[1] It has a toasty flavor, with slight bitter undertones.[2][1]

In Korea, the tea is consumed either hot or cold, often taking the place of drinking water in many homes and restaurants.[3][4] In Japan, it is usually served cold and is a popular summertime refreshment.[5] The tea is also widely available in tea bags or bottled in Korea and Japan.[4][5]

In China, barley tea is called dàmài-chá (大麦茶; 大麥茶) or mài-chá (麦茶; 麥茶), in which dàmài (大麦; 大麥) or mài (麦; 麥) means "barley" and chá (茶) means "tea".

In Japan, barley tea is called mugi-cha (麦茶; むぎちゃ), which shares the same Chinese characters as Chinese mài-chá (麦茶; 麥茶), or mugi-yu (麦湯; むぎゆ), in which yu (湯; ゆ) also means "hot water".

In the Koreas, barley tea is called bori-cha (보리차), in which the native Korean bori (보리) means "barley" and Sino-Korean cha (차; 茶) shares the same Chinese character meaning "tea".

In Taiwan, barley tea is called be̍h-á-tê (麥仔茶), in which be̍h-á (麥仔) means "barley" and tê (茶) means "tea".

Preparation
The tea can be prepared by boiling roasted unhulled barley kernels in water or brewing roasted and ground barley in hot water. In Japan, tea bags containing ground barley became more popular than the traditional barley kernels during the early 1980s and remain the norm today.

Bottled tea
Bottled barley tea is sold at supermarkets, convenience stores, and in vending machines in Japan and Korea. Sold mostly in PET bottles, cold barley tea is a very popular summertime drink in Japan.[5] In Korea, hot barley tea in heat-resistant PET bottles is also found in vending machines and in heated cabinets in convenience stores.[6]

Blended barley teas and similar teas
In Korea, roasted barley is also often combined with roasted corn, as the corn's sweetness offsets the slightly bitter flavor of the barley. The tea made from roasted corn is called oksusu-cha (corn tea), and the tea made from roasted corn and roasted barley is called oksusu-bori-cha (corn barley tea). Several similar drinks made from roasted grains include hyeonmi-cha (brown rice tea), gyeolmyeongja-cha (sicklepod seed tea), and memil-cha (buckwheat tea).

Roasted barley tea, sold in ground form and sometimes combined with chicory or other ingredients, is also sold as a coffee substitute.[7]