Let me introduce Korean traditional beverage~!!

 Recently, the most popular beverage in Korea is coffee. Many cafes are spring up and there is no town and region which have no cafe. Why do people drink coffee? The most big reason is image for coffee. If walking the street while drink coffee, we illusion that we are New Yoker. And many people drink coffee, so those who did not drink coffee depending those who do drink cofee. Also, there are many types of coffee and made a way of drinking coffee toothsomely, for example, put on the cream and chocolate syrup in the coffee. As a result, more and more people want coffee. But there is a harmful substance called caffeine in coffee. Therefore, Korean have to drink traditional beverage not coffee. It is made from grains and fruits, so we can feel it is good for our health and taste also excellent.

Now, let's go meet Korean traditional beverage~


1) Sikhye(식혜)



  'Sikhye' is made from brew the powered malt in water and rice. It is Korean traditional beverage has excellent sweet taste and ginger's scent. Sikhye's ingredient rice has a sweet taste and warm property. So it is appropriate birthday, festival and party because treat indigestion, lack of appetite, vomit and diarrhea. Also, sikhye is made of can, so we can find sikhye in vending machine easily. Of course, taste and nutrition is low than hommade, but if you miss sikhye, vending machine's sikhye is not bad.


2) Sujeonggwa(수정과)

 

 'Sujeonggwa' is made from ginger, cinnamon boiled water and sugar and dried persimmon and pine nut. It has dried persimmon's sweet taste and ginger's spicy taste, so has a distinctive flavor. Its name derived from 'cookies soaked in water' and certainly made in Lunar New Year's Day with sikhye. Sujeonggwa's ingredient ginger and cinnamon has warm property, so make strong lung and stomach. And they are promotes digestion and relieve stomachach and vomit symptom.


3) Omija Tea(오미자 차)

 

 'Omija Tea' is Korea Chinese medicine tea made from dried omija and water and honey and sugar. There are two ways of drinking tea. First, put the omija in boiled water and when water spring up from the omija, drink. Second, put omija power in sugar water and drink. Omija has five tastes, for example, a sweet taste,a sour taste, a bitter taste, a spicy taste, and a salty taste. Omija tea protects the lung's energy and treat the cough and vocal nodule.

 

 

 

★ In addition, there are Korean traditional beverage, for example, jujube tea, cinnamon tea, fruit salad, and so on. Tradition beverage is made taking into account the Korea's climate, tradition and Korean constitution, personalities. So if drink tradition beverage, it makes our body is warm and improve our healthy. Therefore, we should not drink only coffee, coke, soda and alcohal. Instead, we by drinking tradition beverage likes Sikhye, Sujeonggwa and Omija Tea should improve our healthy and mental satisfaction.