Making your own Tea snack at Heesum.
Do you remember playing with Play Doh as a kid? I loved it and I still remember the smell. Soft cool and full of color. There was something deeply satisfying about shaping little forms with your hands. That same feeling returns when making traditional Korean tea snacks by hand. These small treats are called dasik in Korean and they have been part of Korean tea culture for centuries.
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At Heesum our tea snack and tea tasting session begins with that familiar sense of play and calm focus. You start with natural powders made from ingredients like black sesame roasted soybean and mugwort. Each has its own texture and earthy scent. Using carved wooden molds you gently press and shape the mixture into delicate sweets. Then you tap them out one by one. Each piece feels like a small personal gesture. It is hands-on work but peaceful and meditative.
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Dasik are not flashy or overly sweet. They are quiet companions to tea. Their subtle flavor helps you stay present between sips. And when you have made them yourself they somehow taste fuller and more meaningful. It becomes more than just food. It becomes part of the experience.
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After making the sweets we sit together and taste two kinds of Korean tea. The teas are carefully brewed using traditional tools and thoughtful attention to water temperature timing and flow. Each tea has its own personality. One might be light and floral the other warm and earthy. When paired with the dasik the experience becomes a quiet conversation between flavor texture and memory.
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There is something grounding about this kind of slow craft. Making with your hands. Sitting with others. Drinking with intention. It is not so far from the play we loved as children. But now the movement is slower the attention is deeper and the quiet joy lasts longer.
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For those looking for a meaningful tea experience in Seoul making traditional Korean tea snacks and enjoying tea together offers something truly personal. It is a way to connect with Korean culture not through performance but through gentle participation. If you are seeking a peaceful hands-on tea experience in Seoul this is one to remember.
Jason.
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Jason is the operator of Heesum, a traditional tea room in Seoul offering an authentic Korean tea ceremony experience. Before joining the tea room, he worked in journalism and served as a writer for a Fortune 10 company. He is also an avid painter, photographer, and lifelong tea enthusiast. If you book a Korean tea ceremony in Seoul at Heesum, Jason will be there to host the session alongside Songna, the certified tea master who leads the ceremony with warmth and expertise.
