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[DCJames]

What are some good healthy teas in Korea?

[Underwaterbob]

I like ginger tea, but most of the time it comes powdered in a little baggie and I doubt the nutritional value of it. I have a jar of honey-ginger tea in my fridge that's pretty good. Yu-ja cha is probably my favorite tea in Korea. Omija cha is pretty good too, but again usually comes in powder form.

[prideofidaho]

I love chamomile and jasmine tea. You can get it at the market, or splurge on high quality loose tea at the dept stores.

For Korean teas, I like dugulecha in the winter.

[Goku]

If you like fruity teas
Schizandra is supposedly very healthy

Tastse like pomegrante or something....

I can understand how other people would like it.

Red Ginseng tea is popular too, very healthy. But incredibly foul taste in my opinion.

Also, barely and wheat teas, taste good, but I question the nutrional value of them.

[Goku]

If you like fruity teas
Schizandra is supposedly very healthy

Tastse like pomegrante or something....

I can understand how other people would like it.

Red Ginseng tea is popular too, very healthy. But incredibly foul taste in my opinion.

Also, barely and wheat teas, taste good, but I question the nutrional value of them.

[MissMaggie]

Is it hard to find caffeine-free teas? I can't have caffeine due to health issues. Ginger tea is caffeine free, isn't it?

[FMPJ]

Traditional Korean teas--aside from green tea--are generally herbal (caffeine free).

My favorites include:

gaepi-cha (cinnamon tea. SUPER intense, hot cinnamon flavor. Wish I could make this at home, but it takes a long time and they use huge cinnamon sticks, like baseball bats)

sol-lip-cha (pine needle tea, also with some pine pollen & lots of honey. delicate and fresh-feeling, very unusual)

song-hwa-mil-cha (pine pollen & honey. Incredible. Just a crazy, unique delicacy. a combination of flavors I never encountered before. not easy to find, but super good. you have to keep stirring it, though, because the pollen will settle)

I also like the old stand-bys, mogwa-cha (quince tea), yujacha (citron), etc. Yujacha, especially, has helped me avoid a few winter colds, I'm pretty sure.