Product Name: Dongsuh Barley Tea 30x10g
Store Purchased: Galleria Supermarket
Price: Cannot find the receipt ($2-4)
Ingredients: Roasted Barley
Used For: Tea, Beverage
Review: It is what it is. It tastes like Korean roasted barley tea. Each one of the individually packed bags, makes a large 2L pot of tea. This is the typical tea you are served in Korean restaurants. It is naturally sweet, and nothing like the Japanese roasted rice tea (genmaicha). In Japanese it is called "Mugicha", and in Korean it is called "Boricha". This tea, or rather tisane, also tastes great iced. I do not know if it should be a concern, but it actually has higher calories than traditional tea made of tea leaves, due to the carbohydrate factor. On the plus side, it is caffeine free. I have had freshly roasted barley tea before, and this does not possibly compare, but what does not taste better fresh? This particular brand produces a nice rich liquor, with no filler (some use corn as filler and flavouring), conveniently packaged in teapot sized bags.
Odd fact associated with mugicha: Neomugicha incident (excerpted from wikipedia.org)
The Neomugicha incident put the Japanese bulletin board 2channel (2ch for short) in the front of national news. An hour after posting a cryptic threat in a thread on 2ch with the name "Neomugicha" ("Neo-Barley Tea"; ネオむぎ茶), a 17-year-old boy hijacked a bus in Fukuoka, Japan, stabbing one passenger to death.
The hijacker was believed to be lying by other 2ch posters, so the incident came as a shock. In any case, the controversy led to 2ch becoming more popular.
Later, a poster named "Neouuroncha" ("Neo-Oolong Tea") attempted to imitate Neomugicha by plotting to blow up the Odakyu railway in Japan on 2ch, but after the Neomugicha incident, the Japanese police were keeping a close eye on 2ch, so he was identified and arrested before his plan could be carried out.
The Special Assault Team was involved in storming the hijacked bus and capturing the boy alive.
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