From Weathering with You · 2019 · Pairing

Barley Tea (Mugicha)

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

What to drink

The drink that belongs in Hina's little apartment is mugicha — the roasted-barley tea that lives in a jug in the fridge of nearly every Japanese home. It's cheap, caffeine-free, and endlessly refillable, the exact right thing for a make-do household feeding one more mouth through a rainy Tokyo summer.

Ingredients

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

Method

Simmer the roasted barley in the water for a few minutes, or steep the bags in cold water in a jug.
Strain, chill, and keep it in the fridge.
Pour it cold, all day long — the everyday drink of a Japanese summer.