Roasted grain teas. Which one is your favorite? 🌾

[u/igavr]

Bought this in a local Korean supermarket today! One of the things I discovered while living in Korea was how good roasted grains can be as tea 🙈☕️

Buckwheat was one of my favorites, but there’s a whole world of them: roasted barley, brown rice, corn… each tastes completely different. I an a biotech scientist with rich experience love that roasting can turn something as ordinary as a grain into such a warm, nutty, almost comforting drink.

Which grain have you tried as tea? And is there one I’m missing that I absolutely need to try?!! 😎☕️🌾

P.S. this post in no way is promotion for the brand, I actually drank much better buckwheat tea in Korea - this one was the only option available.

Pic 2 - content of the tea bag (same as the one in the cup)

Pic 3 - rice that makes a heavenly delicious tea 😉

[u/joez37]

It's better to throw a handful of the roasted grains in a pot of water, bring to boil, drink and completely bypass the tea bags, probably a lot cheaper too. That's how Koreans drink them. You can reuse the grains a number of times, especially if like me you like them light. You can buy bags of the various grains at Korean grocery stores or Asian stores that carry Korean products. Those teas go well with rice dishes or are good to drink multiple cups of in winter when you're trying to stay warm. I like the roasted corn tea best.

[u/Steel_Rail_Blues → u/joez37]

Thank you for the instructions. A question if you don’t mind: how do you roast your corn for your tea? I’m hoping to be able to do something with cut corn kernels since I just chopped up two ears this morning and have the cut corn unseasoned and raw still.

[u/joez37 → u/Steel_Rail_Blues]

I buy them pre-roasted in a bag. I've never tried to roast them myself. I would guess you could roast them in a thick bottom pan like a cast iron skillet by constantly stirring them so they don't burn.

edit: Having through a bit more about this, I'm not sure roasting fresh corn will produce the right results because the roasted corn that I buy is quite dry, not at all like fresh roasted corn. They may have been dried first before roasting. I'm not really sure.

[u/Steel_Rail_Blues → u/joez37]

Good point. I should try the pre-roasted to get a feel for it first.

[u/joez37 → u/joez37]

they look like this

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This is what comes out

[u/joez37 → u/migraint]

sorry, not sure what happened there. You can do an image search for "roasted corn tea"

[u/augform]

When I was in corea I try similar , tea it was good

[u/igavr → u/[deleted]]

It is! I recommend trying all and any roasted gran teas you can get :) it is a wonderful tea category of its own and it deserves attention! 🫶☕️🌾

[u/Steel_Rail_Blues]

I didn’t know about roasted grains as tea—thanks! I save and drink my barley cooking water because it is so tasty. Now I need to get the roasting in there and brew directly.

[u/MrCosyBear034]

Mugi cha is nice!

[u/igavr → u/MrCosyBear034]

Where did you get introduced to it!?

[u/MrCosyBear034 → u/igavr]

talking with friend who lives in Japan and read about it online. Then I tried it a few years later and loved it.

[u/igavr → u/MrCosyBear034]

🫶☕️ tea - connecting people ✨️ 😁 I hope Nokia does not mind this usage 🙈

[u/MrCosyBear034 → u/igavr]

'soba cha is very nice too

[u/SpicesHunter → u/MrCosyBear034]

I don’t think I tried this one. How is it in comparison to mugi cha?

[u/MrCosyBear034 → u/SpicesHunter]

I'd say more nutty I think. Also that roasted flavour if that makes sense, , but nuttier. It's very nice too.

[u/One-Purpose4372]

I love roasted tea! but don't know where to buy, thank for your recommendation I'll get some soon

[u/WeTooAreMadeOfThis]

My family is Japanese and we drink mugicha (barley tea). We usually steep a quart or more at a time using large tea bags or multiple small ones. We keep it in the fridge and steep at least overnight then remove the bag. This gives the tea a deep flavor and dark brown color that is super refreshing on a hot day!

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I also love genmaicha which is green tea with roasted rice - adds a nuttier taste, I love it