Dong Suh

Beorhthraefn included a tea bag of this in the Secret Pumpkin package. Thank you!

I haven’t had bagged barley tea in more than five years, when I studied in Kyoto for a semester and my host mother would brew a large tea bag in a large tea pot a couple times a week. I don’t know how to evaluate barley tea, but I liked drinking this. Roasted, full-bodied, and warming.

Me and my Father long using roasted barley tea and we are satisfied to it. and this morning at a Korean mart I saw this corn tea by Dong-suh . I was intrigue how it taste. and yeah I tried the tea and it taste freaking good. hahaha :) burnt corn cob
DAE-BUK!!!!

It is a nice tea made from roasted corn, the smell is like a mix of popcorn, sweetcorn, roasted coffee, and touch of burnt. It is another one of those smells that makes me feel like I am tucked under blankets on a cold day.

Oh dear, it seems I have been doing this wrong…one of those big ol’ bags is enough to brew a pot of tea and not a cup. I guess I like this stuff strong! The taste is exactly like the smell, roasted corn, sweet corn, a touch of toast, and a bit of earthy graininess to it. There is also a similarity to roasted coffee, just without any of the coffee elements, it is probably the only roasted tea I have seen any real similarity to coffee other than a few Hojicha here and there

For photos and blog: http://ramblingbutterflythoughts.blogspot.com/2014/07/an-international-tea-adventure-with.html

This was a tea package Toitoi kindly sent as an extra in a swap we did about a year ago. And while I am bad about saving (hoarding!) samples to try at a later date, there is kind of a reason why I took so long to try this. It fits precisely the profile of the kind of tea I like to drink when feeling slightly ill and it´s on individually wrapped, airtight teabag! Kind of precious, this has been carried in my handbag a lot, just in case. And sadly now came the sore throat needing some relief.

(I am a bit too self-aware to be able to say seriously I need more tea than what I already own, but whenever I get the urge to buy new teas, I really should be looking into teas I like, or from brands I trust, in airtight wrapping).

I had to introduce this into the database, not sure company is even listed correctly. Major points because the tea does indeed taste, mostly, like natural lemon. Artificial lemon is, more than a pet peeve, a full fledged hate of mine. I think there might be a hint of some artificial flavouring here as well, but thankfully the natural lemon is upfront. The tea itself is quite smooth. There is a hint of some kind of muskiness I find baffling, maybe the dried honey?

In all, it did not quite rock my world, but is a tea I would probably stock if I had it available and find maybe a more useful addition to my tea cupboard than other teas I might rate higher.

I switched it up from my usual pitchers of barley tea to a fresh batch of this corn tea. I actually didn’t mean to (the packets look identical), so it was a nice surprise when I drank it. I love that roasty corn flavor (sound weird, but tastes good to me!).

I have yet to try this one hot, but cold and iced it’s wonderful. I usually drop a bag or two (they’re big!) into boiled water and let it sit for a few hours. Then I add some cold water to the concentrated tea and serve it over ice. The smell and taste is just like Cheerios cereal to me. I usually take it unsweetened, but it’s nice either way. Perfect summer drink!

I had it first at a Japanese restaurant in the summer (iced, of course). Now I make sun tea with this Korean one. It is kind of odd (tastes like grain and oddly a little like coffee) but light and refreshing when cold.

I woke up with a stuffy nose, which quickly deteriorated into a full blown cold. Drats. So I picked this tea because I like the flavor and it is comforting to me, yet I don’t feel bad about wasting this tea on my dulled taste buds because I have a ton of these little tea bags and they’re pretty inexpensive. Win win for me today! (You know, other than being sick)

I needed a bit of a palate cleanser after trying some new teas today that weren’t hitting the spot for me. As always, a reliable tea to me.

Backlog from yesterday. My bus ride back from New York seemed to take forever, so when I finally came home, all I wanted was a nice cup of tea. This tea bag is a quick go-to for me. Nice toasted rice taste without completely taking over the green tea flavor.

I’m all about convenience these past few days, so I’ve been grabbing a bunch of these tea bags. They’re forgiving if I leave them hanging out in my mug for a long time. I especially like drinking this with really spicy or perhaps even sweet foods because it has a grounding, almost palate-cleansing effect with the brown rice.

My go-to comfort tea. Growing up as a Korean American, I drank a lot of these teas when I started realizing I didn’t like coffee. My tea experience was pretty limited to this tea and a couple of others. Even after discovering tons of new teas recently (mostly thanks to Steepster!), this is a pantry staple.

I normally don’t like green teas as much because of that bitter taste, but I think the brown rice nicely hides that bitterness in this tea. I’ve had it hot & iced with nothing added and enjoyed it both ways.

Less flavorful then the Apple. I have to admit, I was hoping for a Blackberry strength similar to that of Blackberry Sage, from Republic of Tea. Yeah I know…silly. All in all though…it’s not a bad tea. It is light tasting, uncomplicated, the green tea shows up quickly.

I do hope this company comes out with more flavors, I think a Peach would be excellent by them.

I brewed this at 160, as that is the lowest setting of my kettle.

Got this at Kroger….I am really pleased that my local store is finally developing a better tea selection.

1st smell: Since it was from a tea bag, not much of a smell, and did come thru…was not inspiring.
1st taste: Apples. That is really all I can taste. Not complaining though, Was afraid that it would have cinnamon in it and for some reason apples and cinnamon together sometimes tastes weird to me.

I would definitely get this tea again, as well as be inclined to check out the other flavors. The package says to brew it at 158, I used the lowest setting of 160 on my variable temp kettle.

Wombatgirl procured some corn tea
And sent a small sample to me.
You don’t have to be brainy
To perceive it tastes “grainy”
But it’s popcorny pleasant, you see.

(I dunno … I may drain this limerick thing dry!)

Yep, liquid popcorn. Going to ice some down for a yard work tea and see how it goes.

Funny story. I have this tea pretty much every day, so I don’t write a tasting note every time or else it would get really repetitive and obnoxious. When I ran out, I went to a different Asian supermarket than before to replenish. It wasn’t until I got home that I realized that there is a cartoon of a baby on the box. Why? Because apparently I accidentally bought the “infant” version of this tea. What does that even mean? But I figured that if it is good enough for a baby, then it should be fine for me, right? Anyway, it smelled the same, so I cold brewed in a pitcher as usual. I think the only difference I can detect so far is that it is a little milder in the roasted flavor. I thought I’d just share because I thought it was hilarious and I never realized that they made teas specially for babies.

Backlog. I made this for the first time in my new pitcher, which is smaller than my makeshift pitcher that I used before, so the flavor came out a lot more concentrated. I just leave the teabag in the pitcher to cold brew forever until I finish the pitcher usually, so maybe I’ll start taking it out. I like it even though it’s a long stronger, so maybe I’ll just leave it. Aanyway, I brought this tea to school today in a tinted bottle. It was all shaken up inside my bag, so when I took it out, there was a bit of foam at the top. All of this together made it look like I just poured some beer into my water bottle and called it a day, haha! I really hope other people in my class don’t think I’m an alcoholic…

I haven’t had this in a while because my pitcher somehow sprung a leak. Anyway, I finally was craving it so much that I made a makeshift pitcher out of my empty orange juice bottle to make some of this, haha. Mmmm, good to be back.