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Kelp tea
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Japanese kobu-cha
Type Herbal tea
Country of origin Japan, China, Korea
Region of origin East Asia
Ingredients Kelp
Korean name
Hangul 다시마차
Hanja ---茶
Revised Romanization dasima-cha
McCune–Reischauer tasima-ch'a
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 海带茶
Traditional Chinese 海帶茶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Hǎidài Chá

Kelp tea is a traditional East Asian tea made by infusing kelp in hot water. It is called kobu-cha or konbu-cha (昆布茶) in Japan, haidai-cha (海带茶) in China and dasima-cha (다시마차) in Korea.

Preparation

Korea

Either dried kelp powder or julienned kelp can be used to make the tea.

Powdered tea can be made by pan-frying and pounding cleaned and dried kelp. For a cup of hot water, two to three spoons of kelp powder is used. Optionally, sugar or honey can be added.

Alternatively, around 30 grams (1.1 oz) of cleaned kelp pieces are infused in 300–500 millilitres (11–18 imp fl oz; 10–17 US fl oz) of hot water. The kelp slices are removed after infusing, and salt is added to taste.

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