7 Easy Korean Drinks Recipes - Greedy Girl Gourmet

Easy Korean Drinks Recipes you can make at home for Lunar New Year, family dinner, or a home cafe experience- from strawberry milk (you can add matcha if you like) to plum wine and rice wine (makgeolli).

A cup of Japanese umeshu ready to be made into a cocktail.

In South Korea, the cafe experience is on another level- here are some easy homemade Korean drinks to help you recreate it at home. (Don't forget to serve them with these easy Korean recipes!)

Sesame Latte

This Korean latte is very popular thanks to its beautiful black and white pattern. Best made with homemade sesame paste.

Black Sesame Latte

Nutty, aromatic, warming and nutritious, this Black Sesame Latte is the perfect drink for those days when you want something special but are too lazy to head to Starbucks! I focus on the Korean version (Heukimja Latte) but also show you the substitutions necessary for a Middle Eastern version.

Click here for the sesame latte recipe.

A striking black and white glass of latte.

Korean Plum Tea (매실차)

One of my favorite Korean drinks, Maesil Cha is a non-caffeinated tea made from plum syrup (Muesli Cheong), which I show you how to make in the next post. (You can also buy the syrup (from a Korean supermarket) if you don't have the patience to DIY, as it will take some month to be ready.)

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!

Click here for the Korean tea recipe.

Plum Syrup

Adding the maesil and sugar to the jar in portions

Maesil Cheong for Beginnners (Korean green plum syrup)

A super easy project, maesil cheong, or Ume syrup, is a great first project if you've never fermented anything before!

Click here for the fruit syrup recipe.

Plum Wine

Easy Korean plum wine recipe (maesil ju)

A quick & easy Korean plum wine recipe that only requires 2-3 ingredients & a few minutes. Maesil-ju, which is very similar to umeshu (Japanese plum wine) and Mei Jiu (Chinese plum wine), can be drunk on its own both hot and cold, or made into cocktails.

Click here for the Korean alcohol recipe.

Amber coloured Korean plum wine in a glass.

Bori-cha 보리차

A cup of mugicha and a cup of homemade barley tea

This 2 ingredient drink is served for free at many restaurants in South Korea- it's very cooling and the perfect summer drink. (Outside of Korea, you usually have to pay for it in Korean restaurants!)

Korean Barley Tea Recipe (Boricha) (Mugicha)

A deliciously nutty and aromatic no-caffeine tea that can be drunk both hot and cold. Ice barley tea is great on a hot day!

Click here for the barley tea recipe.