Barley Tea is a tisane made from roasted barley, which is popular in Japanese (mugicha) and Korean (boricha) cuisine. It is also used as a caffeine-free coffee substitute in American cuisine.

Drinking barley tea supposedly cleanses your system and helps with congestion and bronchitis. It has also been linked to stress reduction, also is beneficial to your blood. It seems to increase blood fluidity, and may also help cleanse impurities from the blood.

Hot barley tea tastes a bit like toasted cereal, with less bitterness than tea from leaves, so it can be a good morning beverage, or night beverage since it contains no caffeine. You can add honey or sugar, though many purists insist on drinking it unsweetened.

Nutritional Facts: Barley tea is an exceptionally nutritious drink, containing an abundance of phytonutrients including antioxidants known to protect the body from free-radical damage. The mild alkalinity of barley tea also helps to neutralize the acidity caused by eating meat and fatty foods. Researchers at such leading universities have found that barley tea contains the potent antioxidants super oxide dismutase, 2"-O-glycosylisovitexin (2"-O-GIV) and vitamin E succinate. Each of these important phyto-chemicals has been shown to help prevent lipid peroxidation caused by free-radicals.