The Refreshing Benefits of Barley Tea: Recipe and Health Advantages

Barley tea is a traditional refreshing beverage. It is made by roasting barley and then boiling it. It has the functions of stimulating appetite, aiding digestion, and promoting weight loss. The taste of the tea is slightly bitter, and it is not very nutritious because there are very few nutrients released when steeped in water. However, it has a unique flavor and can help to clear heat and detoxify. Let's take a look at the recipe and benefits of barley tea.

【Recipe】

Ingredients: 7kg of barley flour, 3kg of tea leaf flour, 100g of natural flavoring (the type of flavoring is not specified in the original text), and 50g of beef bone powder.

1. Cleaning and removing impurities: It is best to wash the barley first, remove any debris, stones, or sand, and then let it air dry or sun dry.

2. Roasting: In a factory, a roasting machine is used for this step, but at home, you can use a low heat to stir-fry the barley in a clean pan until the surface turns golden brown. It is important to stir evenly and with appropriate force to gradually evaporate the moisture in the barley grains. Crushing them is sufficient.

3. Grinding: Grinding here refers to grinding both the barley grains and tea leaves separately. It means using a stone mortar or other methods to gradually crush them into a powder.

4. Sieving: Use a coarse sieve to remove the outer skin of the barley flour.

5. Mixing: Mix the barley flour and tea leaf flour in the proportion specified. Pay attention to limiting the pesticide residue levels in both the barley and tea leaves to the minimum allowable range.

6. Adding ingredients: Generally, natural flavoring and beef bone powder are added to the mixed powder of barley and tea leaves. The beef bones should be ground with a hammer (a hammer mill is used in factories) and sieved into a powder with a mesh size of 300-500 before mixing.

7. Sieving again: It is best to sieve through a fine sieve to ensure the quality when consumed.

8. Packaging: Package the sieved powder, and it becomes the final product.

【Benefits of Barley Tea】

1. Aids digestion and enhances appetite: Drinking a cup of barley tea after a greasy meal can help to remove grease. That's why barley tea is a common beverage on Korean family dining tables.

2. Lowers blood sugar and cholesterol: It has the natural health benefits of whole grains and can lower blood sugar and cholesterol, alleviate coronary heart disease, etc. Drinking barley tea in hot summer can also relieve heatstroke, especially suitable for the elderly to drink in hot weather. It has diuretic and thirst-quenching effects, quickly replenishing lost body fluids, relieving thirst, restoring the balance of electrolytes in the body, and preventing heatstroke.

3. Prevents weight gain: Barley tea is rich in nutrients and can prevent weight gain while providing nutrition to the body. This is closely related to the role of dietary fiber in barley tea, which also has the effect of beauty when consumed over a long period of time.

4. Anti-inflammatory, reduces bloating, and relieves diarrhea: When experiencing bloating and discomfort due to overeating, black roasted barley tea can be consumed to have anti-inflammatory, bloating-reducing, and diarrhea-relieving effects.

5. Barley tea has a preventive effect against cancer. The specific substances abundant in barley tea can effectively inhibit carcinogenesis and have a good preventive effect on cancer.

6. Barley tea can prevent constipation. It can eliminate the feeling of abdominal bloating and discomfort and enhance the gastrointestinal motility. It has a good function of regulating the intestines and stomach and preventing constipation.

7. Barley tea has a cooling effect and can prevent heatstroke. Barley tea can quickly replenish the lost body fluids, relieve thirst, and has the effect of cooling down. Drinking barley tea in hot summer is beneficial for relieving heatstroke.

【Precautions for Barley Tea】

1. It is not recommended for people with poor liver, stomach, or kidney function to drink barley tea.

2. Pregnant women and those in the postpartum period are not recommended to drink barley tea.

3. It is not suitable to drink on an empty stomach.

4. Patients with bloating caused by dampness and heat should avoid drinking barley tea.

Additionally, it is best to brew and drink barley tea immediately. Do not drink barley tea that has been left overnight or for several days.

It can be said that the side effects of barley tea are the result of people not paying attention. If barley tea is consumed scientifically, it can not only achieve the effect of weight loss but also have no side effects. However, if you want to lose weight quickly and consume a large amount of barley tea, it is likely to cause diarrhea.