Ellendra said: "The ancient Chinese made beer mainly with cereal grains, including millet and barley, as well as with Job's tearsI've recently been doing a lot of research on Job's Tears, and according to most of the articles I found, it was referred to as a type of barley in most of Asia. Did they take that into account when reading the recipe?
Interesting. See:
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