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Genmaicha (玄米茶)

Green tea blended with roasted brown rice for a toasty, mild cup.

What genmaicha means

Genmaicha combines bancha or sencha leaves with roasted and sometimes popped brown rice, which gives the brewed tea a nutty, popcorn-like aroma. Some blends, often labeled matcha-iri genmaicha, add a small amount of matcha powder for color and body. It is a steeped tea, not a powdered tea, and is served plain rather than whisked.

Also called

Genmaicha also appears as brown rice tea, matcha-iri genmaicha.

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