Food

The fermentation of tea with sugar and the addition of tea mushroom produces various products, but the most important are organic acids, ethanol and carbon dioxide.

The most popular kimchi is Baechu-kimchi.

The traditional way of preparing winter kimchi (kimjang) was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2013.

To obtain 1 liter of maple syrup, the water must be evaporated from 20 to 50 liters of maple juice.

International Sushi Day is celebrated on June 18th worldwide.

The word kimchi comes from the Chinese chimchae, meaning salted vegetables.

French fries are most often prepared in vegetable oil, although they were originally fried in beef tallow.

The highest yield and meat quality grade for Wagyu beef is A5, where A is the yield grade and 5 is the meat quality grade.

About 7 percent of potatoes grown in the US end up on consumer’s tables in the form of French fries.

The name “coffee” probably comes from the Arabic “kahwa” or Turkish “kahve,” although the etymology is not precisely known.