Iced mugicha on a warm day is fantastic
Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
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Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
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I was born in London. I'm surprised to hear English people were confused (or pedantic?) about the use of the word tea to describe an infusion. It's common to hear the phrase 'herbal tea', referring to things that have no tea leaves. Without it this joke wouldn't be possible: "Why do anarchists drink herbal tea?"
I had to Google it. It’s a goodie. ‘Proper tea is theft’
Please delete this if you can. I think people need at least 5 seconds between seeing the joke and the punchline reveal.
Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
#43I love barley in soup. I'd rather just eat it :-)
Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
#44Apparently it has its own holiday.
June 1 is officially "Mugicha Day" (麦茶の日), designated back in 1986 by the barley tea manufacturers' cooperative, and a MyVoice survey has it as the #1 summer drink for 40%+ of Japanese respondents, per Unseen Japan [0].
[0] https://unseen-japan.com/mugicha-japanese-barley-tea-history...
Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
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Even better to avoid the tea bags which are full of microplastics (though they will impart less when unheated)
They make tea bags from paper, too.
Most paper tea bags contain plastic and a carcinogen
> Most paper tea bags also have plastic fibers used in the sealant in addition to these nylon and PET plastic tea bags.
> Even paper tea bags have an unsettling substance called epichlorohydrin added to them in order to keep them from bursting.
It's like how some people think canned drinks are better than plastic bottles (even though they're lined in plastic), or that disposable coffee cups are made from paper (lined with plastic), though the tea bag misconception is more common than these
Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
#46What a strange way to write a headline. “Providence RH only has 2 tortilla makers. we visited one to see how tortillas are made”. Yea, Tokyo is not known for being a tea growing spot I guess I’m being too picky but the headline sounds like clickbait to me. a less clickbait title would just be something like: “We visited a Barley Tea factory to see how it’s made”.
There’s s fun subgenre of blog titles in Japanese like なんとか作ってみた／やってみた. Like “we tried something”/“we did something” etc A great sort of tone setter title format. Basically you know you’re about to just read someone talk about their experience in a casual way. Feel like everyone should try writing blog post titles like that “I installed Arch Linux on my toaster” “I dug a whole in my back yard” “We made a very big pap…
English equivalent of that is DIY xyz or xyz for fun and profit, it's just a thing-comma-Japan-thing.
Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
#47I really enjoyed that article. Documenting the entire process helps me understand what the final product should taste like. I love the smell of barley and had never considered roasting any. The fact that it apparently smells a bit like popcorn is pretty exciting. I am growing buckwheat right now and have a small test plot of rice. I am hoping to be able to get meaningful yields after this first-year proof of concept…
Roasted barley is also appreciated in Italy prepared like an espresso (Caffe d'Orzo), and in Peru as a kind of cappuccino with brown sugar (Pinol).
I appreciated it when I was in Italy and the group would order a round of espresso after dinner. It's 9 PM! I have enough trouble sleeping as is!
Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
#48Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
They make tea bags from paper, too.
Most paper tea bags contain plastic and a carcinogen > Most paper tea bags also have plastic fibers used in the sealant in addition to these nylon and PET plastic tea bags. > Even paper tea bags have an unsettling substance called epichlorohydrin added to them in order to keep them from bursting. It's like how some people think canned drinks are better than plastic bottles (even though they're lined in plastic), or t…
Interesting!
Canned drinks use fewer resources than drinks in single-use bottles; and aluminum is so widely recycled, people give you money for aluminum scrap. So they are better in that sense.
Re: Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most paper tea bags contain plastic and a carcinogen > Most paper tea bags also have plastic fibers used in the sealant in addition to these nylon and PET plastic tea bags. > Even paper tea bags have an unsettling substance called epichlorohydrin added to them in order to keep them from bursting. It's like how some people think canned drinks are better than plastic bottles (even though they're lined in plastic), or t…
Interesting! Canned drinks use fewer resources than drinks in single-use bottles; and aluminum is so widely recycled, people give you money for aluminum scrap. So they are better in that sense.
Yea I’m just commenting on the health aspect
Glass bottles are also a health hazard because of plastic sealant in the cap - they can be much worse than plastic bottle products, unintuitively