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Drinking plays an important role in workplace socialization in Korean culture. One of the most important forms of socialization in Korean organizations is hoesik or "dining together". [20] Hoesik and "bottoms-up sessions" are time for employees to gather and encourage each other to consume alcohol. These drinking sessions help promote and ...
Ritual Drinking, such as the poktanju, has been integral to the drinking culture of Korea. Since many Koreans feel being drunk is necessary in order to be openly honest with the individuals they are socializing with, poktanju became the cheap, ideal alternative to expensive drinks like whiskey, allowing individuals to become drunk inexpensively.
It is one of Korea's most popular alcoholic drinks. The oldest traditional Korean rice wine, its alcohol content is six to seven percent. It is fermented naturally and not filtered, which gives it its milky-white color and leaves a chalky residue at the bottom. Thick and smooth, it tastes sweet and slightly tangy, with a cool aftertaste.
Gakjeochong, a Goguryeo tomb, shows a knight drinking tea with two ladies (5-6th century). According to the Record of Gaya, cited in the Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, the legendary queen Heo Hwang-ok, a princess of the State of "Ayuta" (theorized to be Ayodhya, India), brought the Camellia sinensis (var. assamica) tea plant from India to Korea and planted it on Baegwolsan, a mountain that ...
The Korean tea ceremony (Korean: 다례, romanized: darye, IPA:) is a traditional form of tea ceremony practiced in Korea.Darye literally refers to "etiquette for tea" or "tea rite" and has been kept among Korean people for over a thousand years. [1]
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 ...
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A more extensive list can be found in: Korean tea, See also: Korean tea ceremony. Boricha, made from barley; Green tea (녹차 [nokcha]), a staple of tea culture across East Asia; Oksusu cha, made from boiled roasted corn kernels; Sungnyung made from boiled toasted rice; Yulmu cha, made from the yulmu (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen) grains