An unexpected gift from Mastress Alita :)
This is strange. I’ve had roasted barley tea before and don’t recall it being so similar to a weak coffee. The dry bag scent seems to carry more of the apricot than the liquor, where it blends ever so subtly with the roasted barley, lending it just a bit of brightness in flavor. I’ll be frank and say the smell and taste of this reminded me of my Yia-yia’s Folger’s coffee breath slurrrrp. It did bring back some memories of my early years. I enjoyed it enough but wouldn’t accommodate more. I could see some people really going for it, though.
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I definitely get a strong coffee flavor from mugicha as well, which is actually what I like about it (I was a coffee drinker for decades before I switched to tea for the difference in caffeine intake). It plays with my head; it tastes like coffee but is a caffeine-free tisane that I can drink before bed, hahaha. I prefer it iced and will make big jars of it to take in water bottles. I am okay with the flavored ones I’ve tried (lychee being my favorite of those so far) but plain mugicha tends to stand on top for me. I still like the smell and taste of coffee even though I don’t really drink it anymore, I guess.
I definitely get a strong coffee flavor from mugicha as well, which is actually what I like about it (I was a coffee drinker for decades before I switched to tea for the difference in caffeine intake). It plays with my head; it tastes like coffee but is a caffeine-free tisane that I can drink before bed, hahaha. I prefer it iced and will make big jars of it to take in water bottles. I am okay with the flavored ones I’ve tried (lychee being my favorite of those so far) but plain mugicha tends to stand on top for me. I still like the smell and taste of coffee even though I don’t really drink it anymore, I guess.