Korean Green Plum Tea (Sweet-Tart Plum Honey Drink)

Name: Korean Green Plum Tea (Sweet-Tart Plum Honey Drink)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: Green plum syrup 5 tbsp; Water 450 ml; Ice 1 cup; Honey 1 tsp; Lemon juice 1 tsp; Mint leaves 4 ea

Quick answer

Total time: 8 min
Level: Easy
Servings: 2 servings
Ingredients: 6

About this dish

It is only plum syrup stirred into water, but boiling water dulls the plum aroma, so the water is left to cool a little first.

Over ice with a few mint leaves it is a summer drink; without the ice it makes a warm cup on a cold day.

Ingredients

servings

IngredientAmount

Mint leaves4 ea

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Instructions

6 steps

1

Bring 450ml water to a full boil, then turn off the heat and let it cool for about 3 minutes.

Aim for roughly 80 degrees Celsius so the plum syrup dissolves cleanly without tasting flat.
2

Divide the total 5 tablespoons plum syrup and 1 teaspoon honey between two dry glasses.

Stir to spread a thin layer over the bottom of each glass.
3

Divide half of the cooled water between the two glasses first.

Stir along the bottom for about 20 seconds to dissolve the honey and plum syrup completely.
4

Divide the remaining water and the total 1 teaspoon lemon juice between the two glasses and stir again.

Taste a sip and adjust with plum syrup or lemon juice to your preference.
5

Divide the total 1 cup ice between the two glasses and stir gently for about 30 seconds to cool the tea.

Serve before too much ice melts and dilutes it.
6

Lightly clap the 4 mint leaves between your palms and float 2 leaves in each glass.

For warm tea, omit the ice and reduce the total water for both glasses to 400 ml, mixing in the same order.