Asian Grain Tisanes
Roasted grain beverages are popular in Polish (brands Inka, Krakus, Anatol, Kujawianka) and East Asian cuisines, Japan, China, and Korea each having their own versions (usually roasted grains simply steeped in hot water). Often, during the communist period in Poland the grain beverages served as substitute of coffee during perpetual shortages.
- Genmaicha is green tea blended with roasted brown rice.
- Hyeonmi cha is brewed, roasted brown rice.
- Mugicha (bori cha in Korean) is a tisane made from roasted barley and usually drunk as a cool summer beverage.
- Oksusu cha is brewed roasted corn tisane; due to its sweetness it is sometimes served alongside or mixed with mugicha to soften the latter's bitterness.
- Sungnyung is made from rice scorched while boiling.
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