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!
Servings: 1 person
Equipment
- 1 Cup
- 1 Wooden spoon
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
- 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.
- 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.
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!
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!