I have a head cold, one so severe and miserable that Western medicine can’t begin to touch it. So, instead I have decided to turn to this box of Korean medicine tea, sent to me by my Korean mother.
On the box it says herb tonic but I will still call it Korean medicine tea because that’s what my mother told me it was.
What kind of medicine? Who knows! Could be a laxative, could be nerve pills, why are you so picky? What is it supposed to cure? Again, don’t be a smarty-aleck, you must not be that sick yet if you have energy to ask too many questions. But, if you insist, here are the ingredients:
Jujubes and cinnamon, what could be more wholesome? I am not sure what a jujube is, but it sounds like it is just bursting with health.
And it comes in hygienic single serve sachets!
I guess labeling laws in other countries don’t require you to list things like sugar and pine nuts. I tried to take a picture of what the tea looks like but my lens kept steaming up and it was blurry because the chunks were moving. Instead I took a video. Forgive the absence of a voice over, I have a head cold and it was all I could do not to cough or sniffle while I was taping.
The taste is really good, sort of like cinnamon and sugar and a slightly bitter taste (the jujubes?). I like chewing the pine nuts although some might find it disconcerting to have chunks in their tea. You need to keep your strength up when you are sick, so I find the addition of bits and pieces welcome. All in all Korean medicine tea hits the spot, two chopsticks up!
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I need Korean Medicine Tea. I am so sick of feeling like carp. Maybe my girls got some Jujubees in their Halloween loot. Hey, it’s worth a shot. Speaking of shots, maybe I’ll throw in another shot of Nyquil.
jujubes = pine nuts?
I must need more sleep. Feel better soon.
No, I think jujubes are a little fruit and/or a gummi candy.
I have a serious aversion to solids lurking in beverages. Yet, I do like the idea of cure-all tea.
I bet there is some ginseng hiding in there, I had the dickens of a time falling asleep last night, despite being really tired.
That looks interesting. I think interesting is an adequate word. I wonder how it stacks up to the local cure-all rabbit tobacco tea. The next time I get a raging case of the headsnots, maybe I’ll compare them. Except I don’t have a Korean mother to send me sachets of lumpy tea, but we can perhaps compare notes. Or something. Feel better soon.
Oh my… chunky.
Now I wish this tin actually had something left in it –
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/Sashkabeth/IMG_3280.jpg
I found it in my basement yesterday. I’m not sure what it is, but it’s from Korea and the main ingredient is “yulmu.” It promises the great power of natural feeding.
Hey, mom mom has bags of stuff like that, I think it’s toasted barley for barley water. I have a bottle of barley flavored soda from Korea I am working up the nerve to try.
Betty Lou, I bet we could arrange a swap!
Hey look! Sea monkeys!
Hmm. I’m pretty sure my mom has those mugs that are on the packaging of your tea, Tracy.
Ssanghwa cha…yay!
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Oh My Gosh! You are killing me!! I love your sense of humor. I am laughing out loud while the family is trying to sleep.
Best wishes and thanks for the laughs, I so needed them.
Jeanee