Also called boricha on Korean. Can find in local H Mart.

I have not tried the Japanese roasted barley variety but houjicha, roasted green tea, is excellent and can find in Japantown.

I consume copious amounts of cold mugicha. It's amazingly refreshing and very cheap.

It's not the same, but I still remember the first time I was served genmai cha (roasted rice tea) at a sushi restaurant. I loved it and inquired, the server was kind enough to show me the actual tea bag — it was Yamamotoyama. Available lots of places in the US, but I used to buy it at a Japanese grocery store.

so cool! big fan of barley tea growing up with it

why not both?

I wonder if you can get this outside Japan. I'd love to try some.

Paolo from Tokyo (https://www.youtube.com/@PaolofromTOKYO) has a ton of videos about various Japanese businesses, usually focused around the job of one person.