Roasted Sword Bean Tea

Sword beans are apart of the soybean family and are native to tropical Asia, Africa and India. The sword beans are cultivated for food and medicinal purposes. The sword bean is called Jakdukong in Korean because it resembles a Korean sword called Jakdu.
Sword beans were originally used during the Goryeo dynasty in the royal family for medicinal reasons but also as a food. After the Korean war the sword beans were not cultivated until the late 1990s, when the province Chungcheongbuk-do received them as a gift through a sisterhood relationship with Heilongjang province in China and the seeds were then distributed in Korea. Since then, the cultivation throughout Korea has been done regularly and because the effect of the beans is getting more and more prominent, the cultivation of the beans is increasing.

Drinking this sword bean tea can be really good for your health. It is used to treat coughing, headaches, cancer, obesity, inflammatory diseases and many more. Even if there is not much factual information, sword beans are used in attempt to treat those conditions.
Sword beans are a good source of protein, energy, fiber, vitamin A and carbs.

This tea therefore is not just delicious but also healthy. It is also very convenient to use, since the package is resealable. You can quickly brew a tea by steeping a few pods in a cup of hot water.