Editing Buckwheat (section)

== Beverages ==
[[File:Buckwheat Tea.JPG|thumb|Black buckwheat tea (黑苦荞茶) produced in Sichuan Province, China]]

=== Tea ===
[[Buckwheat tea]], known as  ''kuqiao-cha'' (苦荞茶) in China, ''memil-cha'' ({{lang|ko|메밀차}}) in Korea and ''soba-cha'' ({{lang|ja|蕎麦茶}}) in Japan, is a tea made from roasted buckwheat.<ref name="Kim-2015">{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/10/10-strange-and-wonderful-korean-teas.html|title=10 Strange and Wonderful Korean Teas|last=Kim|first=Dakota|date=22 October 2015|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref>

=== Beer ===
In recent years, buckwheat has been used as a substitute for other grains in [[gluten-free beer]]. Although it is not an actual cereal (being a pseudocereal), buckwheat can be used in the same way as [[barley]] to produce a [[malt]] that can form the basis of a [[mashing|mash]] that will brew a [[beer]] without [[gliadin]] or [[hordein]] (together [[gluten]]) and therefore can be suitable for [[coeliac disease|coeliacs]] or others sensitive to certain [[glycoproteins]].<ref>{{cite web
| author=Carolyn Smagalski
| year = 2006
| url = http://www.glutenfreebeerfestival.com
| title = Gluten Free Beer Festival
| website=glutenfreebeerfestival.com
| access-date=1 October 2021
}}

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=== Whisky ===
{{Main|Buckwheat whisky}}Buckwheat whisky is a type of [[Distilled beverage|distilled alcoholic beverage]] made entirely or principally from buckwheat. It is produced in the [[Brittany]] region of [[France]] and in the [[United States]].

=== Shōchū ===
Buckwheat {{Nihongo||焼酎|[[shōchū]]}} is a Japanese distilled beverage produced since the 16th century. The taste is milder than barley shōchū.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}