barley tea

{{Infobox tea

| Tea_name = Barley tea

| Tea_type = Herbal tea

| Tea_color =

| Tea_image = Boricha (barley tea).jpg

| Tea_origin = East Asia

| Tea_names = {{Flatlist|

Bori-cha
dàmài-chá
mugi-cha
be̍h-á-tê

}}

| Tea_quick = Tea made from roasted barley

| Tea_temperature = {{Convert|100|C}}

| Tea_time = 5–10 minutes

| module =

}}

{{Infobox Chinese

| t = 大麥茶

| s = 大麦茶

| l = barley tea

| p = dàmài chá

| w = ta⁴ mai⁴ ch'a²

| j = daai6 mak6 caa4

| y = daaihmahk chàh

| hangul = 보리차

| rr = bori-cha

| mr = pori-ch'a

| lk = barley tea

| kanji = 麦茶

| kana = むぎちゃ

| revhep = mugi-cha

}}

Barley tea is a roasted-grain-based infusion made from barley. It is a staple across many East Asian countries such as China, Japan, and Korea. It has a toasty, bitter flavor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/whats-better-than-a-tall-glass-of-brewed-iced-tea-one-with-something-spirited-stirred-in/2016/05/22/e63c696c-1e01-11e6-9c81-4be1c14fb8c8_story.html|title=What's better than a tall glass of iced tea? One with booze stirred in.|last1=Allan|first1=M. Carrie|date=22 May 2016|last2=Allan|first2=M. Carrie|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=31 January 2017}}

In Korea, the tea is consumed either hot or cold, often taking the place of drinking water in many homes and restaurants.{{Cite book|last=De Mente|first=Boyé Lafayette|author-link=Boyé Lafayette De Mente|title=The Korean mind : understanding contemporary Korean culture|date=2012|publisher=Tuttle Pub.|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-0-8048-4271-6|pages=420|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UIvQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT589|access-date=21 December 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160422000853|title=[Weekender] Healthful Korean tea to fit every need|last=Won|first=Ho-jung|date=22 April 2016|newspaper=The Korea Herald|access-date=31 January 2017}} In Japan, it is usually served cold and is a popular summertime refreshment.{{Cite web|url=http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/07/16/japans-barley-soda-is-so-weird-in-so-many-ways-yet-so-right-in-one-%e3%80%90taste-test%e3%80%91/|title=Japan's barley soda is so weird in so many ways, yet so right in one 【Taste test】|last=Beseel|first=Casey|date=16 July 2015|website=RocketNews24|access-date=31 January 2017}} The tea is also widely available in tea bags or bottled in Korea and Japan.

Etymology

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

In Japan, barley tea is called mugi-cha ({{lang|ja-Hani|麦茶}}), which shares the same Chinese characters as Chinese mài-chá ({{lang|zh-Hans|麦茶}}; {{lang|zh-Hant|麥茶}}), or mugi-yu ({{lang|ja-Hani|麦湯}}; {{lang|ja-Hrkt|むぎゆ}}), in which yu ({{lang|ja-Hani|湯}}; {{lang|ja-Hrkt|ゆ}}) also means "hot water".

In Korea, barley tea is called bori-cha ({{lang|ko|보리차}}), in which the native Korean bori ({{lang|ko|보리}}) means "barley" and Sino-Korean cha ({{Korean|hangul=차|hanja=茶}}) shares the same Chinese character meaning "tea".

In Taiwanese Hokkien, barley tea is called be̍h-á-tê ({{Lang|zh-Hant|麥仔茶}}), in which be̍h-á ({{Lang|zh-Hant|麥仔}}) means "barley" and tê ({{Lang|zh-Hant|茶}}) means "tea".

History

The Japanese aristocracy has consumed the tea since the Heian Period. 源順, 和妙類聚抄, 承平(931AD - 938AD) http://www.mugicya.or.jp/history/ 全国麦茶工業共同組合, 麦茶の歴史 Samurai began to consume it in Sengoku period. 北野大茶湯の記, 16 century During the Edo period, street stalls specializing in barley tea became popular among the common people.人見必大, 本朝食鑑, 1967達磨屋活東子達磨屋五一, 燕石十種, 第五寛天見聞記, 1857 - 1863

Availability

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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. The tea is also available prepackaged in PET bottles.

= 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. In Korea, hot barley tea in heat-resistant PET bottles is also found in vending machines and in heated cabinets in convenience stores.{{Cite news|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2016112808215468009|title=웅진식품, '하늘보리' 온장 제품 출시…동절기 포트폴리오 강화|last=이|first=주현|date=28 November 2016|newspaper=The Asia Economy Daily|language=ko|trans-title=Woongjin Food launches hot 'Haneul Bori', augmenting winter portfolio|access-date=3 February 2017}}

= Blended barley and similar teas =

In Korea, roasted barley is also often combined with roasted maize, as the latter's sweetness offsets the slightly bitter flavor of the barley. The tea made from roasted maize is called oksusu-cha (corn tea), and the tea made from roasted maize 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.{{cite book |first1=H. G. |last1=Maier |chapter=Coffee Substitutes Made from Cereals |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n9ZEMquvPoYC&pg=PA5 |pages=5–8 |editor1-first=R.J. |editor1-last=Clarke |editor2-first=R. |editor2-last=Macrae |year=1987 |title=Coffee: Related Beverages |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-85166-103-9}}