Mogwa(Quince) Ade.

 Because of many historical issues, Korean tea culture became different from other Northeast Asia countries. While other countries are using the word "Cha"; tea only for products from tea plants, Korean tea culture includes herbal teas also as "Cha". Especially Yuja(Yuzu)cha and Mogwa(Quince)cha are the most famous Korean teas. Those teas remind me my mom. She made home-made yuja and quince teas for us when those fruits are in season.



Last fall, our family visited "Andong hahoe village"; The Hahoe Folk Village (Korean: 안동하회마을) is a traditional village from the Joseon Dynasty. The village is a valuable part of Korean culture because it preserves Joseon period-style architecture, folk traditions, valuable books, and old tradition of clan-based villages(Wikipedia).

A beautiful village surrounded by river and mountains

While we were looking around the village, we found so many quinces just dropped on the ground and nobody cares about them. Even villagers!! So we decided to take them and make a tea. All we need to do was just gather them. They were all organic too!!

 My mom and dad are carrying a bag full of quinces. haha

I didn't take pictures while my mom made the tea. Making tea out of quince is so easy. It's just a lot of work. :P All you need to do just cut them thinly like strips and mix with same amount of sugar or honey. And wait for 2 weeks. 

 I was going to introduce this tea today, but seems like the weather is too nice for this tea. Mogwa-cha helps prevent the cold, especially good for Respiratory diseases. It is a very fragrant, and we drink it hot during cold winter. So I made a nice sparkling Mogwa ade instead.

 

Eating with Goroke(Croquette)

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More about Goroke(Croquette)

Dissolve one or two tablespoons of Mogwa-cha extract with a little bit of warm water.

Put lots of ice cubes

Pour sparkling water and mix well.

I know this is not even a recipe.    Originally we pour hot water.

Anyway this tea is sweet and so aromatic. I really want to recommend to everybody. You can either make it or you can also buy a jar of Mogwa-cha at Korean grocery store. 

Or you can come to Handol tearoom.