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Culture of Korea. Korea 's drinking culture interfaces deeply with its social structure, lifestyle, and traditions. The beverages themselves are also reflective of the country's varying geography, climate, and culture. Korean interest in creating alcohol came about during the Koryo Dynasty (946–943), when exposure to foreign cultures and the ...
Korean alcoholic drinks. Korean cuisine has a wide variety of traditional alcoholic drinks, known as sul (술). Many of these drinks end with the Sino-Korean word -ju (주 ; 酒), and some end with the native Korean word -sul. The Sino-Korean -ju is not used as an independent noun. There are an estimated 1,000 or more kinds of alcoholic drinks ...
Soju (/ ˈsoʊdʒuː /; Korean : 소주 ; Hanja : 燒酒) is a clear and colorless distilled alcoholic beverage, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] traditionally made from rice, but later from other grains and has a flavor similar to vodka. [ 4 ] It is usually consumed neat.
Poktanju (Korean: 폭탄주; lit. bomb liquor or bomb shot [1]) is a cocktail that is made by mixing soju or whiskey and beer. A poktanju consists of a shot glass of soju or whiskey dropped into a pint of beer; it is drunk quickly. [2] It is considered to be a ritual drinking activity among office workers, friends, and colleagues. [3]
The Merry Drinker (c. 1628–1630) by Frans Hals. Drinking culture is the set of traditions and social behaviours that surround the consumption of alcoholic beverages as a recreational drug and social lubricant. Although alcoholic beverages and social attitudes toward drinking vary around the world, nearly every civilization has independently ...
There was a huge shift in Korean café culture's history in 1999 when Starbucks, the first foreign franchise coffee shop in Korea, was established in Sinchon, Seoul. Starbucks introduced Korea to a new café culture, such as take-out and self-service system without good-looking waitresses and staying at a café alone reading a book or doing ...
Beer in South Korea. Beer, called maekju (Korean: 맥주; Hanja: 麥酒) in Korean, was first introduced to Korea in the early 20th century. Seoul 's first brewery opened in 1908. [1] Two current major breweries date back to the 1930s. The third brewery established in Korea, Jinro Coors Brewery, was founded in the 1990s.
Makgeolli (Korean: 막걸리; lit. raw rice wine; [mak.k͈ʌɭɭi]), sometimes anglicized to makkoli (/ ˈ m æ k ə l i /, [1] MAK-ə-lee), is a Korean alcoholic drink.It is a milky, off-white, and lightly sparkling rice wine that has a slight viscosity, and tastes slightly sweet, tangy, bitter, and astringent.