If you love coffee but wish to reduce its effects on your sleep, stomach or mood, barley coffee might be just what you need. Packed with antioxidants, fibre and iron, it makes an excellent breakfast beverage or relaxing evening break beverage. In this oneHOWTO article you’ll discover all its secrets – its history, advantages over regular coffee as well as how to prepare it at home using either a moka pot or espresso machine.

Barley coffee is a clear beverage created from boiling roasted barley grains in water until all starch has been removed, creating an almost-tea-like beverage with subtle notes of malty sweetness that tastes similar to tea. Popular across many countries – particularly South Korea (boicha) and Japan (mugicha) – it provides calcium, potassium and magnesium which contributes to maintaining healthy blood pressure and heartbeats. Barley coffee also boasts nutritional value with calcium being especially essential in maintaining a steady blood pressure/heartbeat!

Barley contains soluble fibres which help keep blood sugar levels consistent, which may prove especially helpful for diabetics. Furthermore, its low caloric intake makes it a useful weight loss aid and beta-glucans present within it can slow your body’s absorption of carbohydrates thereby helping avoid those unwelcome sudden spikes and crashes that often accompany diabetes.

No matter your taste, barley coffee can be easily prepared at home using either a moka pot, espresso machine, or electric kettle. Simply fill up your coffee maker until the valve opens and add a teaspoon of ground barley; when the water boils off lower the filter and switch off the heat. In just minutes you will have delicious barley coffee ready to drink!

If you want to reduce the risk of diabetes, drinking barley coffee every day could help. It will stimulate your brain into producing adrenaline and increase metabolism – leading to weight loss and maintaining a healthy blood glucose level. When combined with regular exercise and eating well-balanced meals, barley coffee may further lower your chances of diabetes development. Plus, Signo glucose biosensors equipped with AI analytics that track millions of data points can give an even closer view into blood glucose levels!