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A cereal coffee (also known as grain coffee, roasted grain drink or roasted grain beverage) is a hot
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A cereal coffee (also known as grain coffee, roasted grain drink or roasted grain beverage) is a hot drink
A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothies a ...
made from one or more cereal
A cereal is any Poaceae, grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, Cereal germ, germ, and bran. Cereal Grain, grain crops are grown in greater quantit ...
grains roasted and commercially processed into crystal or powder form to be reconstituted later in hot water. The product is often marketed as a caffeine-free alternative to coffee
Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulant, stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world.
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and tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...
, or in other cases where those drinks are scarce or expensive.
Several well-known cereal coffee brands are Nestlé Caro, Postum
Postum () is a powdered roasted grain beverage popular as a coffee substitute. The caffeine-free beverage was created by Post Cereal Company founder C. W. Post in 1895 and marketed as a healthier alternative to coffee. Post was a student of Jo ...
, and Inka. Other brands can be found at health food store
A health food store (or health food shop) is a type of grocery store that primarily sells health foods, organic foods, local produce, and often nutritional supplements. Health food stores typically offer a wider or more specialized selection of fo ...
s and at some grocery stores. Some common ingredients include toasted barley
Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley pr ...
, malt
Malt is germinated cereal grain that has been dried in a process known as " malting". The grain is made to germinate by soaking in water and is then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air.
Malted grain is used to make beer, wh ...
ed barley, rye, chicory
Common chicory ('' Cichorium intybus'') is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Native to the Old World, it has been introduced to North America and Austra ...
, molasses
Molasses () is a viscous substance resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used to sweeten and flavour foods ...
, and beet root
The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in North America as beets while the vegetable is referred to as beetroot in British English, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet, dinner beet or golden beet ...
.
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Asia
Cereal coffee is popular inEast Asia
East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...
n cuisines—Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
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CNN.com
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, October 13, 2011. Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, and China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
each having one or more versions (usually roasted grains simply steeped in hot water).
* Barley tea (''bori-cha'', ''dàmài-chá'', ''mugi-cha'')
* Rice tea
** Brown rice tea (''hyeonmi-cha'', ''nước gạo lứt'')
** ''Sungnyung
''Sungnyung'' is a traditional Korean infusion made from boiled scorched rice.
Preparation
This drink is typically made from ''nurungji'', the roasted (but not charred) crust of rice that forms on the bottom of a pot after cooking rice. Water is ...
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* Corn tea (''oksusu-cha'')
* Job's tears tea (''yulmu-cha'')
Grain-like seeds and pseudocereals are used to make similar drinks.
* Buckwheat tea (''memil-cha'', ''soba-cha'')
* Sicklepod tea (''gyeolmyeongja-cha'')
Grain teas can also be blended with green tea or other tea drinks.
* Brown rice green tea
Brown rice green tea is green tea blended with roasted brown rice. In Korea, it is called ''hyeonmi-nokcha'' (, literally "brown rice green tea") and is considered a blend of ''nokcha'' (green tea) and '' hyeonmi-cha'' (brown rice tea). In Japan ...
(''hyeonmi-nokcha'')
** ''Genmaicha
is a Japanese brown rice green tea consisting of green tea mixed with roasted popped brown rice. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as "popcorn tea" because a few grains of the rice pop during the roasting process and resemble popcorn, or ...
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Europe
Some notable Polish brands which specialize in cereal coffee are Inka, Krakus and Anatol. In Czech Republic, a Kávoviny Melta brand has been roasting grain coffee since 1896. Such roasted grain mixes are also used as a base to make podpiwek, a type of non-alcoholic beverage.See also
*Coffee substitute
Coffee substitutes are non-coffee products, usually without caffeine, that are used to imitate coffee. Coffee substitutes can be used for medical, economic and religious reasons, or simply because coffee is not readily available. Roasted grain b ...
* Grain milk
Plant milk is a plant beverage with a color resembling that of milk. Plant milks are non-dairy beverages made from a water-based plant extract for flavoring and aroma. Plant milks are consumed as alternatives to milk, and often provide a crea ...
* List of barley-based drinks
This is a list of barley-based drinks. Barley, a member of the grass family was one of the first domesticated grains in the Fertile Crescent and drinks made from it range from thin herbal teas and beers to thicker drinkable puddings and gruels.
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* Mash ingredients
Mash ingredients, mash bill, mashbill, or grain bill are the materials that brewers use to produce the wort that they then ferment into alcohol. Mashing is the act of creating and extracting fermentable and non-fermentable sugars and flavor co ...
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