From Suzume · 2022 · Pairing

Mugicha (Barley Tea)

Name: Mugicha (Barley Tea)
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1/4 cup roasted barley (or mugicha tea bags); 6 cups water

What to drink

The natural drink for a road trip across a Japanese summer is mugicha — the cold roasted-barley tea kept in a jug in every household fridge and handed to travelers everywhere Suzume goes. Caffeine-free and endlessly refillable, it's the taste of hospitality on a hot day, exactly the kind of small kindness the film is built from.

Ingredients

1/4 cup roasted barley (or mugicha tea bags)
6 cups water

Method

Simmer the roasted barley in the water a few minutes, or cold-brew the bags in a jug.
Strain and chill well.
Pour it cold and keep the jug full — the drink you hand to anyone passing through.