Have you heard of 원두밀차/Wondumilcha?

Ahnyoung ha sae yo, Maangchi-shi!

When I was a young child in the early 90s here in the US, I loved this tea called “원두밀차” or “Wondumilcha” this thick tea with flavors of various nuts. I drank it everyday except I drank it more like a cold thicker smoothie drink and not really like tea. It is amazingly good and has those multiple types of nut flavors with very little actual bits of nuts and milky frothy consistency, depending number of scoop ratio. The color was a light cream slightly yellow-ish color.

I was so disappointed and upset when I noticed that all Korean stores eventually stopped carrying Wondumilcha. To this day I cannot believe why it’s virtually nowhere to be found, where I live anyway.
It was soooooo good..

It’s been years and years maybe almost 2 decades since I’ve had the tea.
I know it’s more accessible in Korea. There are similar Korean teas accessible here but they taste like misugaru was added and Wondumilcha definitely didn’t taste like that. Wondumilcha definitely had more nutty and milky taste than say “grainy” and/or “earthy” taste? I don’t think the wondumilcha had malt barley powder or Job’s tears in it either but I could be wrong.

Here’s the product:
http://m.11st.co.kr/MW/Product/productBasicInfo.tmall?prdNo=30968947

I wondered myself recently if I can try to make this wondumilcha powder from scratch so I made a list of ingredients I think would go in it.

My guesses for the ingredients:
Peanut powder
Walnut powder
Pine nut powder
Sugar
Xanthum gum
Malted milk powder?
Milk tea powder? or
Non-dairy cream powder?
Soy powder?

This is what I have so far. I think it is a vegan tea so no actual dairy products…I’m guessing? I put a “?” next to ingredients I was guessing and not sure of.

I’m curious to see if it even can be made from scratch. I can order the product online, but I want to save money and make it at home so often!

Maangchi, if you did try Wondumilcha before and remember the taste and texture of it do you think you can create it from scratch and post the recipe wherever please? Or any other subscribers know what tea I’m talking about? Please any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Maangchi for your wonderful easy to follow recipes!

Mina