List of Korean beverages
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This is a list of Korean beverages. It includes beverages, traditional or modern, which are distinctive to or closely identified with Korea. Brands and companies are South Korean unless noted.
(차 tea), tang (탕 boiled water), jang (장 fermented grain juice with sour taste), suksu (숙수), galsu (갈수 thirst water), hwachae
(화채 fruit punch), sikhye
(식혜 sweet rice drink), sujeonggwa
(수정과 persimmon drink), milsu or kkulmul (밀수, 꿀물 honeyed water), jeup (즙 juice
) and milk
by their ingredient materials and preparation methods. Among the eumcheongnyu, cha
, hwachae
, sikhye
, and sujeonggwa
are still widely favored and consumed, however, tang, jang, suksu, galsu are almost disappeared in the present.
Alcoholic beverages
- SojuSojuSoju is a distilled beverage native to Korea. Its taste is comparable to vodka, though often slightly sweeter due to sugars added in the manufacturing process, and more commonly consumed neat.Most brands of soju are made in South Korea...
(sweet potato or rice liquor)- JinroJinroJinro is a distiller in South Korea, founded in 1924. It is the world's leading producer of soju, accounting for more than half of that beverage's domestic sales. It also manufactures a variety of other alcoholic beverages including red wine and whiskey. Distilleries are located in Icheon,...
(brand of soju)
- Jinro
- BaeksejuBaeksejuBaekseju is a Korean glutinous rice-based fermented alcoholic beverage flavored with a variety of herbs, ginseng most prominent among them...
- Cheongju (rice wine)
- Sogokju
- BeopjuBeopjuBeopju is a traditional Korean rice liquor, of the cheongju family of liquors. It is made chiefly from glutinous rice, and has an alcohol content of about 15%.Beopju first appears in historical records in the Goryeo Dynasty...
, a traditional liquor of GyeongjuGyeongjuGyeongju is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, covering with a population of 269,343 people according to the 2008 census. Gyeongju is southeast of Seoul, and east of the...
.
- Yakju
- Takju, also known as makgeolli
- Dongdongju
- Takju, also known as makgeolli
- Insamju (medicinal wine; made from ginsengGinsengGinseng is any one of eleven species of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots, belonging to the genus Panax of the family Araliaceae....
) - MunbaejuMunbaejuMunbaeju is a Korean traditional distilled liquor produced in South Korea and is considered to be one of the finest Korean spirits. Its name consists of the two words; munbae , which means "wild pear" , and ju , meaning "alcohol"...
- Dugyeonju
- Gyepiju
Beers
- Oriental BreweryOriental BreweryOriental Brewery or OB is a South Korean brewery established by the Doosan Group in 1952. It was purchased by InBev in 1998. In 2009, it was sold by Anheuser-Busch InBev as the parent company sought to reduce its debt. It was sold to an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co....
(brands include OB and Cass) - HiteHiteHite Brewery Company Limited is a South Korean brewery company headquartered in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Its main products are beer, rice wine, and mineral water. The company was established as Chosun Breweries in 1933...
(other products include Black Beer Stout) - TaedonggangTaedonggangTaedonggang is a brand of North Korean beer brewed by the state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company based in Pyongyang. Technically, it is actually 4 brands, though the brand known simply as "Taedonggang Beer" is that described below....
a North Korean beer resembling aleAleAle is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a warm fermentation with a strain of brewers' yeast. The yeast will ferment the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste...
; produced since 2002
Traditional
All Korean traditional non-alcoholic beverages are referred to as "eumcheongnyu" (음청류 ). According to historical documents regarding Korean cuisine, 193 items of eumcheongnyu are found. Eumcheongnyu can be divided into the groups of chaKorean tea
Korean tea refers to various types of tisane that can be served hot or cold. Not necessarily related to "common" tea, they are made from diverse substances including fruits, leaves, roots, and grains used in traditional Korean medicine....
(차 tea), tang (탕 boiled water), jang (장 fermented grain juice with sour taste), suksu (숙수), galsu (갈수 thirst water), hwachae
Hwachae
Hwachae is a general term for Korean traditional punches made with various fruits or edible flower petals soaked in omija or honeyed juice.-Types:...
(화채 fruit punch), sikhye
Sikhye
Sikhye is a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, usually served as a dessert...
(식혜 sweet rice drink), sujeonggwa
Sujeonggwa
Sujeonggwa is a Korean traditional fruit punch. Dark reddish brown in color, it is made from dried persimmons, cinnamon, ginger, peppercorn and is often garnished with pine nuts. The punch is made by brewing first the cinnamon, ginger and peppercorn at a slow boil...
(수정과 persimmon drink), milsu or kkulmul (밀수, 꿀물 honeyed water), jeup (즙 juice
Juice
Juice is the liquid that is naturally contained in fruit or vegetable tissue.Juice is prepared by mechanically squeezing or macerating fruit or vegetable flesh without the application of heat or solvents. For example, orange juice is the liquid extract of the fruit of the orange tree...
) and milk
Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
by their ingredient materials and preparation methods. Among the eumcheongnyu, cha
Korean tea
Korean tea refers to various types of tisane that can be served hot or cold. Not necessarily related to "common" tea, they are made from diverse substances including fruits, leaves, roots, and grains used in traditional Korean medicine....
, hwachae
Hwachae
Hwachae is a general term for Korean traditional punches made with various fruits or edible flower petals soaked in omija or honeyed juice.-Types:...
, sikhye
Sikhye
Sikhye is a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, usually served as a dessert...
, and sujeonggwa
Sujeonggwa
Sujeonggwa is a Korean traditional fruit punch. Dark reddish brown in color, it is made from dried persimmons, cinnamon, ginger, peppercorn and is often garnished with pine nuts. The punch is made by brewing first the cinnamon, ginger and peppercorn at a slow boil...
are still widely favored and consumed, however, tang, jang, suksu, galsu are almost disappeared in the present.
Teas
- A more extensive list can be found in: Korean teaKorean teaKorean tea refers to various types of tisane that can be served hot or cold. Not necessarily related to "common" tea, they are made from diverse substances including fruits, leaves, roots, and grains used in traditional Korean medicine....
, See also: Korean tea ceremonyKorean tea ceremonyThe Korean tea ceremony or darye is a traditional form of tea ceremony practiced in Korea. Darye literally refers to "etiquette for tea" or "day tea rite" and has been kept among Korean people for a few thousand years...
t
- Green teaGreen teaGreen tea is made solely from the leaves of Camellia sinensis that have undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many cultures throughout Asia. It has recently become more widespread in the West, where black tea is traditionally...
(nokcha), a staple of tea cultureTea cultureTea culture is defined by the way tea is made and consumed, by the way the people interact with tea, and by the aesthetics surrounding tea drinking, it includes aspects of: tea production, tea brewing, tea arts and ceremony, society, history, health, ethics, education, and communication and media...
across East Asia. - BorichaMugichaRoasted barley tea is a caffeine-free, roasted-grain-based tisane made from barley, which is popular in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cuisine. It is also used as a caffeine-free coffee substitute in American cuisine...
, made from barley. - Oksusu chaOksusu chaOksusu cha is a traditional Korean tisane made from boiled roasted corn kernels.The variety of corn most often used is called Gang-naeng-i , which is usually grown in the area of Gangneung, a city in the Gangwon province on South Korea's eastern coast, thus making this drink particularly popular...
, made from boiled roasted corn kernelsCorn kernelsCorn kernels are the seeds of maize.Corn kernels are used as pelletized fuel for pellet stoves and furnaces. Corn kernels are a natural pellet, which gives them a huge economic advantage over other man-made biomass pellets and wood pellets....
. - SungnyungSungnyungSungnyung is a traditional Korean beverage made from boiled scorched rice.This drink is typically made from nurungji, the roasted crust of rice that forms on the bottom of a pot after cooking rice...
made from boiled toasted rice - Yulmu cha, made from the yulmu (율무) grain, or Job's TearsJob's TearsJob's Tears , Coixseed, Tear Grass, adlay, or adlai, is a tall grain-bearing tropical plant of the family Poaceae native to Southeast Asia but elsewhere cultivated in gardens as an annual. It has been naturalized in the southern United States and the New World tropics...
.
Hwachae
- Hwachae is a group of Korean traditional beverages made with fruits, flower petals, and honey, or sugar.
Others
- SikhyeSikhyeSikhye is a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, usually served as a dessert...
, a malt drink. - Solhinun, a pine bud drink made by Lotte.
- SujeonggwaSujeonggwaSujeonggwa is a Korean traditional fruit punch. Dark reddish brown in color, it is made from dried persimmons, cinnamon, ginger, peppercorn and is often garnished with pine nuts. The punch is made by brewing first the cinnamon, ginger and peppercorn at a slow boil...
, a persimmon drink.
Modern
- 2% Fruit flavored water. Peach, Lemon, Apple, Grape and Pomegranate.
- 815 Cola (discontinued)
- Chilsung CiderChilsung CiderChilsung Cider is a carbonated beverage marketed by South Korean firm Lotte Chilsung. It is not "cider" as the term is usually used in the English speaking world. In South Korea the word "cider" means a sweetened carbonated drink similar to Seven Up or Sprite.Chilsung Cider is similar to Seven Up...
, a clear carbonated sugar soda (not lemon-lime like Sprite) - Bacchus-FBacchus-FBacchus is a non-carbonated Korean energy drink, first launched in 1963. It has been called Bacchus-F since a change in formula in the 1990s, before which it was known as Bacchus-D...
- MilkisMilkisMilkis is a soft drink produced by Lotte Chilsung, a Korean beverage company. It combines many of the common elements of traditional carbonated beverages such as corn syrup, sugar, and carbonated water with milk to create a creamy taste; its label proclaims "New feeling of soda beverage"...
, a Creamy Soda. - McCOL
- Sac Sac, a Mandarin orange flavored beverage (not pure juice) with bits of pulp found in small aluminum cans with a peel-off tab
- Vita 500 an energy drink launched in 2001