But as they sip glasses of sweet cardamom tea, the bucolic bliss is shattered by a large blast in the valley below.

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It might not be your cup of tea, but it's well-brewed and worth taking a sip if you're in that end of the market.

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The decorative rice cakes at Jilsiru (Insadong St) are works of art, and turn down the nearby alley to sip quince tea in Yetchatjip, a hobbit-sized teashop echoing with water features, songbirds and gayageum (zither) music.

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