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
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.