Has China changed the landscape of makgeolli brewing forever? Can one machine make yogurt, fruit smoothies, and makgeolli? Is this the future?
The dubiously titled site Qoo10 is now advertising a little something called the Bear Yogurt Makgeolli Maker. Although I can’t read Chinese characters, it would seem that for USD $41.00, this rice cooker-looking machine will allow every man, woman, and child to make makgeolli with the simple push of a button.
So, I’m putting the call out: I need an intrepid reader to take the plunge, buy a Bear Yogurt Makgeolli Maker, and tell us if it really works. And then tell us if you can make yogurt smoothie makgeolli.
Buy your own Bear Yogurt Makgeolli Maker here.
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Got my wife to read it over. There are two settings: either yogurt or rice wine. Rice wine is “米酒” — look up mijiu on wikipedia. About halfway through that page, there are two 3-step recipes illustrated. The first has an orange label and is for yogurt. The second recipe has a green label and is for rice wine. The first step is to add rice, water and starter (酒曲 — look up jiuqu on wikipedia). The picture shows it taking only 36 minutes, and the final picture is the rice balls in rice wine soup, which would not have a lot of alcohol in it. Hope someone tries this out and reports back to you!
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Or maybe that’s 36 hours not 36 minutes!
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Since they use the Chinese characters, one wonders if this is actually Chinese liquor or if they’re just using these characters as stand-ins for the Korean words. Either way, this is great stuff, Jeff! Please pass my thanks on to your wife.
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