Like their neighbors, Koreans drink a lot of tea (차 cha), most of it green (녹차 nokcha). However, the label cha is applied to a number of other tealike drinks as well:
boricha (보리차), roasted barley tea, often served cold in summer, water substitute for many household
insamcha (인삼차), ginseng tea
oksusucha (옥수수차), roasted corn tea
yulmucha (율무차), a thick white drink made from a barley-like plant called Job's tears
Coffee (커피 keopi) is also widely available, especially from streetside vending machines that will pour you a cupful for as little as W300, usually sweet and milky. Latte snobs will also be glad to know that Starbucks and assorted copies are spreading like wildfire. Starbucks is particularly widespread in Seoul and the drinks served taste exactly as they do in Starbucks locations in the United States, so make sure you hunt around for a decent cup.
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