Koreans enjoy drinking.
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| Easy way to be drunk |
Regardless of age and gender, many Koreans
love drinks and have fun.
In a cheerful atmosphere with friends or
colleagues, Poktanju, or the bomb shot brightens up the mood.
Not only easily makes Poktanju you drunk, but also it
gives you fun to make.
1. Somaek (Soju+beer)
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| Soju |
+
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| Beer(Maekju) |
The most preferred kind of Poktanju in
Korea.
A two thirds of beer cup awaits one cup of
Soju to be mixed with.
2. Yangmaek (hard liquor+beer)
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| Hard liquir (Yangju) |
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Usually at a hostess bar, you would find
this kind of Poktanju.
Prepare beer cups that are as many as the
number of people at the party. Two thirds filled beer cups are lined up and at
the border of each cup is a hard liquor filled cup.
The host or the most important person at
the day pushes down the hard liquor cup at one end of the line into the nearest
beer cup, which leads the other cups to fall into the other beer cups one by
one successively like a domino playing.
The most important thing is to line up cups
with delicacy.
3. Somak (Soju+Makgeolli, or raw rice wine)
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| Rice wine (Makgeolli) |
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| Soju |
+
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| Sprite |
Soju and Makgeolli, a Korean traditional
rice wine are mixed up with Sprite.
Sprite makes Somak tastes sweet.
Surprisingly, Somak makes one fast drunk
and anyone having Somak will have a hard time with a hangover the next morning.
A Korean saying says that Somak makes one
never be able to recognize even their parents.
3. "Gojingamrae"ju (beer+coke+soju)
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| Beer |
+
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| Coke |
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| Soju |
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| "Gojingamrae"Ju |
Drop a Soju cup half-ful of coke into an empty beer cup and drop a full-filled Soju cup into it.
The last thing to do is filling up the beer cup with beer.
The first taste is bitterness from the Poktanju mixture and by the time you finish the half you taste coke which gives you the sweetness of coke.
"Gojingamrae" is a Korean four-letter saying, which means sweet after bitter.
Another way to make Gojingamrae - Ju.
Other than this, there are more
combinations of alcoholic drinks to make a great Poktanju.
A good combination of Poktanju makes the
atmosphere more cheerful and exciting.
Drunkenness makes all become friends.
When you visit Korea, you must give it a
try.
But we do not recommend Poktanju very often
since it gives you a hard time the next morning.
