A glass of hot water with lemon, a warm cup of tea with honey, a bowl of soothing chicken noodle soup—Americans have a slew of natural remedies to fight common winter ailments. But while these remedies are certainly comforting when we feel under the weather, none of them compare to yuja-cha.
Bright, sweet, citrusy, and soothing, piping hot yuja-cha has been a favorite cold weather beverage amongst Koreans for generations. Also called honey citron tea or yuja tea, yuja-cha in its simplest form is made with just sugar, water, and yuja.
