You Ordered Iced Tea. They Charged You for a Lipton.
To say barley tea in Japanese, say 麦茶 (mugicha).
You ordered iced tea. They charged you for a Lipton. The free brown pot was already on the table.
In this video
- 麦茶。 mugicha barley tea
- 麦茶、ください。 mugicha, kudasai Barley tea, please.
Why this phrase
Textbook vs Real at a summer teishoku or yakiniku table. Kofuku (tourist) orders アイスティー and gets a paid lemon-black tea. Hana (friend who lives here) points at the free brown pitcher already on the table. That's 麦茶, roasted barley tea, and in August that is what tea means. They act the mix-up. Takeaway is the word 麦茶.
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