Green · Shizuoka, Japan
Genmaicha
Low caffeine
Sencha or bancha cut with toasted and popped rice. Nutty, warm, and easy company for food.
Recipe
- Temperature
- 85 °C · 185 °F
- Leaf
- 4 g
- Water
- 220 ml
- First steep
- 1:00
- Each next steep
- +0:15
- Steeps
- 3
Suggested starting point.
Time this brew with Pekoe
Aroma notes
toasted rice · popcorn · warm grain
Tasting notes
nutty · comforting · light
Harvest
April–May
Making
Plucking 
Steaming 
Rolling 
Blending
Origin
Shizuoka · Japan
Mild Pacific air and Fuji's foothill fog slow the leaf. A light steaming is enough, and the cup stays clear.
Lore
Born of thrift, since rice stretched the tea of ordinary households, genmaicha turned economy into a style of its own. The popped grains earned it the nickname 'popcorn tea'; the roasted warmth forgives hot water and hurried timing.
