No.44 Gen Mai Cha Green Loose Leaf Tea
Gen Mai Cha Loose Leaf Tea
| Tea region | Japan |
| Taste | Grassy, nutty and sweet with the familiar taste of rice. |
| Ingredients | Green tea, Brown rice, contains caffeine |
| Add | Best enjoyed without milk or sugar |
| Infusion time | 2 minutes in water just off the boil |
Genmaicha translates to brown rice tea, is sometimes referred to as Popcorn tea as many of the rice kernels pop like popcorn during the roasting process.
By blending Japanese Sencha green loose leaf tea with roasted brown rice a sweet grassy taste with a nutty flavour is produced.
Originally in Japan, this green tea was known as the people's tea, the rice was added as a bulking ingredient. As rice is less expensive than tea adding the rice made this tea more accessible to poorer people. Nowadays everyone enjoys the great taste of Gen Mai Cha.
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1 teaspoon of tea per person.
Place in an infuser teapot or cup infuser.
Pour over hot water.
Leave to infuser for the time stated on the packet.
Remove infuser.
Add milk or sugar if desired
Sit back and enjoy you cup of loose leaf tea.
The packets are resealable and will biodegrade.
Packets can be used to refill your own tea caddy.