Learn Must-Know Words, Expressions, and Cultural Notes on Traditional Korean Beverages (์ ํต ์๋ฃ)
From warm herbal teas to sweet fermented drinks, traditional Korean beverages offer not just flavor, but wellness and cultural significance. Knowing these terms will help you better understand Korean menus, markets, and mealtime customs.
๐ซ Must-Know Korean Traditional Drinks Vocabulary
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
์ ํต ์๋ฃ | jeon-tong eum-ryo | Traditional drink |
์ฐจ | cha | Tea |
ํ๋ฐฉ์ฐจ | han-bang-cha | Herbal medicine tea |
์ ์์ฐจ | yu-ja-cha | Citron tea |
๋์ถ์ฐจ | dae-chu-cha | Jujube tea |
์๊ฐ์ฐจ | saeng-gang-cha | Ginger tea |
์ํ์ฐจ | ssang-hwa-cha | Ssanghwa tea (tonic herbal tea) |
์ค๋ฏธ์์ฐจ | o-mi-ja-cha | Five-flavor berry tea |
์์ ๊ณผ | su-jeong-gwa | Cinnamon punch with dried persimmons |
์ํ | sik-hye | Sweet rice drink |
๋ง๊ฑธ๋ฆฌ | mak-geol-li | Traditional Korean rice wine |
๋๋์ฃผ | dong-dong-ju | Unfiltered rice liquor |
๋ณด๋ฆฌ์ฐจ | bo-ri-cha | Barley tea |
์ฅ์์์ฐจ | ok-su-su-cha | Corn tea |
๋งค์ค์ฐจ | mae-sil-cha | Plum tea |
์ฒญ | cheong | Traditional syrup or concentrate |
๐ง Useful Verbs & Phrases for Talking About Traditional Drinks
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
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๋ง์๋ค | ma-si-da | To drink |
๋์ด๋ค | kkeur-i-da | To boil |
์ฐจ๋ฅผ ์ฐ๋ฆฌ๋ค | cha-reul u-ri-da | To brew tea |
๋ง๋ณด๋ค | mat-bo-da | To taste |
๋ฐ๋ปํ๊ฒ ์ฃผ์ธ์ | tta-tteut-ha-ge ju-se-yo | Please serve it warm |
์์ํ๊ฒ ์ฃผ์ธ์ | si-won-ha-ge ju-se-yo | Please serve it cold |
๋ชธ์ ์ข์์ | mom-e jo-a-yo | Itโs good for your health |
๋ฌ์ฝคํด์ | dal-kom-hae-yo | Itโs sweet |
์ํผํด์ | si-keum-hae-yo | Itโs a bit sour |
๐ฃ๏ธ Common Expressions with Traditional Drinks
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
์ด๋ค ์ฐจ๊ฐ ์์ด์? | eo-tteon cha-ga iss-eo-yo? | What kind of tea do you have? |
์ํ ์์ด์? | sik-hye iss-eo-yo? | Do you have sweet rice drink? |
์ด๊ฑฐ ๋ชธ์ ์ข์์? | i-geo mom-e jo-a-yo? | Is this good for your health? |
์์ ๊ณผ ๋ง์ ๋ดค์ด์? | su-jeong-gwa ma-syeo-bwa-sseo-yo? | Have you tried sujeonggwa before? |
์ถ์ฒํด ์ฃผ์ธ์. | chu-cheon-hae ju-se-yo | Please recommend one |
๋ ๋ฌ๊ฒ ํด์ฃผ์ธ์. | deol dal-ge hae-ju-se-yo | Please make it less sweet |
๐ง Korean Traditional Drinks โ Cultural Facts & Tips
๐ฟ Health Meets Flavor
- ์ํ์ฐจ, ์๊ฐ์ฐจ, ์ ์์ฐจ are often enjoyed for immune-boosting or warming effects in colder months.
- Many teas are derived from ํ์ํ (traditional Korean medicine) concepts.
๐ง When & Where to Try
- Youโll find ์ํ and ์์ ๊ณผ served at Korean traditional restaurants (ํ์ ์์ง) or after big feasts like ์ค๋ and ์ถ์.
- Traditional tea houses (์ ํต ์ฐป์ง) are great places to experience seasonal drinks in a cozy setting.
๐ถ Alcoholic Traditional Drinks
- ๋ง๊ฑธ๋ฆฌ and ๋๋์ฃผ are often enjoyed with ์ (savory pancakes) at gatherings or festivals.
- There are many regional variations like ์ฐ์ฌ์ถ (hawthorn wine) or ๋ฐฑ์ธ์ฃผ (herbal rice wine).
๐ Bonus Vocabulary: Ingredients & Related Words
Korean | Pronunciation | English |
---|---|---|
๊ฟ | kkul | Honey |
์๊ฐ | saeng-gang | Ginger |
์ ์ | yu-ja | Citron |
๋์ถ | dae-chu | Jujube |
๊ณก๋ฌผ | gok-mul | Grains |
ํจ์ | hyo-so | Fermentation enzyme |
๋ฐํจ | bal-hyo | Fermentation |
์ฐป์ | chat-jan | Teacup |
๋ค๋ | da-do | Korean tea ceremony |
๐ฏ Vocabulary Quiz
- Whatโs the Korean word for โsweet rice drinkโ?
- How do you say โPlease recommend a teaโ in Korean?
- Translate: โIs this good for your health?โ
๐ฌ Comment your answers below and share your favorite traditional drink!
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