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Ms. Kathy's avatar

Fascinating post. They have a couple of great cocktail scenes in First Night with the Duke. I'm going to have some makgeolli with drops of black raspberry wine (bokbunjajoo?) that I saw in the show.

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LA Seoulite's avatar

I had to look up which drama that was. Bokbunja is Korean wild blackberry and it is often made into wine--it's very sweet. I've heard that makgeolli is used as a base for all sorts of cocktail. Makgeolli (always supposed to be drunk ice cold) with 7-Up mixed in, I heard, was really good. Bokbujna-makgeolli cocktail sounds like a great combo too, and it should give off pretty color.

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Lisa O' Connor's avatar

Thank you for the insight. I started watched modern day K-drama last year. This year I started watching historical ones, I was always interested to learn more about this infamous drink from Korea.

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LA Seoulite's avatar

Thank you for the comments!

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Lisa O' Connor's avatar

Your welcome! I look forward to your next post.

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