Anyone know of any health benefits or dangers of barley "tea"?

Peter

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:23:04 -0800, Peter wrote:

> Anyone know of any health benefits or dangers of barley "tea"?
>
> Peter

Are you referring to whiskey?

JB

Peter wrote:
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> Anyone know of any health benefits or dangers of barley "tea"?

Barley tea, or "mugi-cha", is reputed to be a mild laxative. Whether
this is a benefit or a danger depends on your constitution.

--crymad

No, it's a steeped beverage made from roasted barley. Koreans drink it like
water.

Peter

"J Boehm" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:23:04 -0800, Peter wrote:
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> > Anyone know of any health benefits or dangers of barley "tea"?
> >
> > Peter
>
> Are you referring to whiskey?
>
> JB

J 3/19/04


> On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:23:04 -0800, Peter wrote:
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>> Anyone know of any health benefits or dangers of barley "tea"?
>>
>> Peter
>
> Are you referring to whiskey?


If you use the spent leaves as mortar, your building and its inhabitants
would be in grave danger. Beyond that, I wouldn't worry too much unless you
have a tea or barley alergy.

Michael

> > Anyone know of any health benefits or dangers of barley "tea"?
>
> Barley tea, or "mugi-cha", is reputed to be a mild laxative. Whether
> this is a benefit or a danger depends on your constitution.


Here in the US, the constitution is pretty solid. But it may be in danger
from within. Perhaps a general prescription of barley water for some
officials would have a salutary effect?

In the UK, children are sometimes given barley water to drink. Barley sugar
also used to be a treat. In SE Asia, there are cold drinks with barley
extract containing the actual grains as well.

-DM

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 at 06:23 GMT, > wrote:
> Anyone know of any health benefits or dangers of barley "tea"?

Haven't tried it, but it sounds interesting.

Very dark beers like stouts usually have some amount of roasted barley
in them (unmalted) in addition to the various malts.

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