Also called boricha on Korean. Can find in local H Mart.<p>I have not tried the Japanese roasted barley variety but houjicha, roasted green tea, is excellent and can find in Japantown.
I consume copious amounts of cold mugicha. It's amazingly refreshing and very cheap.
It's not the same, but I still remember the first time I was served genmai cha (roasted rice tea) at a sushi restaurant. I loved it and inquired, the server was kind enough to show me the actual tea bag — it was Yamamotoyama. Available lots of places in the US, but I used to buy it at a Japanese grocery store.
so cool! big fan of barley tea growing up with it
why not both?
I wonder if you can get this outside Japan. I'd love to try some.
Search for "ITO EN Mugicha Barley Tea".<p>There are other brands of course, but I enjoy this one and it is easy to get at my local asian foods market (as well as online).
You can find it at many Asian groceries worldwide. It's also not exclusively Japanese
They carry it at my local HMART.
Paolo from Tokyo (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PaolofromTOKYO" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@PaolofromTOKYO</a>) has a ton of videos about various Japanese businesses, usually focused around the job of one person.