Tea capsules hit the market for non-coffee drinkers

차도 캡슐로 마신다...’커알못’ 취향도 담았다 Getting a high quality coffee in the morning has become a lot more convenient with the invention of capsule machines. Now South Korean companies have come out with capsules for tea. Brewing tea is pretty simple to do anyway, of course, but these capsules do it faster and let you add different tastes, aromas and even medicinal herbs. Our Kim Cheong-ah has this report. Every morning starts with a meeting. But instead of pouring regular cups of coffee, everyone at this company starts the day with red and yellow tea. Capsule coffee machines have become a global phenomenon, but engineer Kim Ha-seop wanted to create an alternative for tea drinkers. “I wanted to make a machine that was good for our health so at a startup meeting for office workers, we thought of combining tea and medicinal herbs with capsule machines.“ Like coffee, ingredients such as herbs are roasted, steamed and dried to produce different tastes and aromas. The capsules are made from corn starch extracts to be more