mugi tea for muggy weather
it's official - osaka is on fire again. the temperature and humidity have soared over the past 2 weeks to tropical levels. the heat bumps on my hands are back. now my fan (jesus - I'm turning into a spanish granny) and copious amounts of mugi cha have become as much a part of the daily routine as sweating like a glass-blower at the furnace (not as much of an exaggeration as you might think). mugi tea is basically wheat or barley tea - and we keep a vat in the fridge to quench the inevitable thirst. It can have a bit of a chocolate taste in my opinion, and it's very refreshing. in the same way irn-bru infamously out sells coke-a-cola, tea commands a massive market share in japan. It's funny to think that we sometimes refer to tea in the UK as 'cha' but I personally didn't have a clue why. where did it come from?
Posted by stupot at July 14, 2006 05:35 PM