Korean tea culture runs much deeper than the green tea most people expect. Omija tea is remarkable - five distinct flavours arrive in sequence across your palate: sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, then salty. Quite meditative when you pay attention to each note.

Yuja citron tea becomes essential during seoul winters, warming you from within with its fragrant citrus warmth. The traditional tea houses tucked into samcheong-dong offer proper korean tea service with small banchan accompaniments. Less ceremonial than japanese traditions but equally grounding.