When I first came east I was quite excited about coming to a country that grows tea and has much better quality of tea than anywhere else in the world. However, what I noticed in the first couple weeks when brewing myself a cup of green tea with a tea bag that I had found in my cabinet, I realized that the green tea here is not just green tea: Its green tea with brown rice.
I was quite disappointed with this unexpected flavor and felt it tasted much too "grainy" than a cup of regular green tea. I later learned that you CAN buy plain green tea in bags or loose leaf, but you just have to watch the labels because most does have brown rice added to it.
But why do they add brown rice to begin with? It has taken me over 6 months to learn the reason and today one of my Korean co-teachers explained it to me: Because it adds fiber, so it is better for your digestive system.
I suppose I'm not too surprised. After all, Koreans in general are very health conscious and seem to have a natural remedy to prevent, help, or cure anything.
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