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Korean plum tea recipe (green maesil cha) (ume) (suanmei)

3 delicious ways to enjoy this refreshing fruit tea, which can be made in 1 minute!

Prep Time
1 min
Cook Time
1 min
Servings: 1 person
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Chinese , Japanese , Korean

Ingredients

  • 3 Tablespoons maesil-cheong or Korean plum syrup Shop-bought or homemade works
  • 1 Cup water Hot water, cold water, iced water, or sparkling water all work!
  • Honey, to taste (Optional) I drink mine unsweetened but if you have a super sweet tooth, add some honey. The plum syrup does have a few flavour notes in common with cough syrup so if you have a very sensitive palate (it's not super obvious), adding honey helps to reduce the cough mixture taste!
  • 1-2 pine nuts (optional) lightly toasted, sprinkled on the tea

Instructions

    Cup of Yum
  1. Add 3 tablespoons of the maesil syrup to the water (hot/ iced/ cold/ sparkling) and mix well. Remember to only use a wooden spoon if you're dipping into your jar of home-made maesil syrup! Add honey, to taste, if you like it extra sweet.
  2. Sprinkle the pine nuts on top, serve with some cookies and enjoy!

Notes

  • If you have access to the plum blossom flower, use it instead of the pine nuts to make a very pretty cup of tea.
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  • If you're using sparkling water- which I highly recommend on a hot day- don't forget to chill it first for maximum refreshing-ness!
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  • If you want a change, you can also squeeze a bit of lime or lemon into the Korean plum tea- in this case, I wouldn't add the pine nuts!