Traditional Beverage Encouraged in DPRK

Pyongyang, November 3 (KCNA) -- Honeyed juice mixed with fruits is a traditional drink of the Korean nation. This refreshing and exhilarating beverage is easy to make. The Korean people had already made honeyed juice with pear, balsam pear, pomegranate and other fruits in the period of Koryo Kingdom (918-1392) and its kind was diversified in the period of the feudal Joson dynasty (1392-1910). The honeyed juice with fruits holds an important place as a dessert in dietary life of the people. The Chongryu Restaurant, Sagyejol Restaurant in Changgwang Street of a chain of restaurants and other public catering establishments in the DPRK serve the honeyed juice with fruits to the citizens. Housewives, too, would make such beverage with apple, pear, watermelon, strawberry and other fruits for their families. -0-