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drank Nabeshima: Hida Mugicha Barley Tea by Yunomi
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After reading Togo’s and Mastress Alita’s reviews, I went for a cold brew instead of hot. Ten grams of whole barley grains to a liter overnight in the fridge. The result was a very fragrant and refreshing cold drink! It had a light, coating texture and tasted on the sip like roasted grains (heh) and that turned into coffee and burnt sugar on the swallow. Lingering, pleasant aftertaste. I can see why this is so popular in the summer in Japan. Not as obviously coffee-tasting as the Lupicia Apricot Barley Tea I tried recently. I’ll have to make a stop at Yunomi for a big bag of this when I’m more comfortable with my cupboard size.

Thanks for the generous sample, Togo :)
Preparation
Iced 10 g 34 OZ / 1000 ML
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Mastress Alita
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I prefer this more than the flavored ones I’ve tried, too. So easy to just drop a bag in a quart of cold water and leave it in the fridge overnight and have delicious iced tea for the water bottle the next day. So good!

derk
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These were the bulk whole grains, not in a bag or cracked like what is shown on Yunomi’s website. I might purchase the bags since the whole grains float and quickly clog my strainer when transferring from brew jar to glass.

Mastress Alita
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Ah, the ones I ordered from Yunomi came in bags, and each teabag held 10g so they are just perfect for a quart/litre of iced tea. And a bag has 20 teabags in it. Though Yunomi also sells it loose in a 300g bulk bag as well.

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Mastress Alita
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I prefer this more than the flavored ones I’ve tried, too. So easy to just drop a bag in a quart of cold water and leave it in the fridge overnight and have delicious iced tea for the water bottle the next day. So good!

derk
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These were the bulk whole grains, not in a bag or cracked like what is shown on Yunomi’s website. I might purchase the bags since the whole grains float and quickly clog my strainer when transferring from brew jar to glass.

Mastress Alita
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Ah, the ones I ordered from Yunomi came in bags, and each teabag held 10g so they are just perfect for a quart/litre of iced tea. And a bag has 20 teabags in it. Though Yunomi also sells it loose in a 300g bulk bag as well.

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