A very typical genmai cha, with a grassy (if rather weak) standard quality green and puffed brown rice imparting a popcorn-like note. This tastes like a generic grocery store genmaicha and I just had to laugh when I saw it was $16 for 20 bags. That is ludicrous and you would have to be utterly barmy to pay that. Go to an Asian supermaket and get the Yamamoto Yama Genmaicha for a better tea at less than a quarter of the price. You’d even do better with the mass-market Itoen 500g bag for less than this.
Flavors: Grassy, Popcorn, Roasty, Vegetal
Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C
2 min, 45 sec
2 tsp
150 OZ / 4436 ML
Wow, good information to know!
It’s not a terrible genmaichai but there is nothing to distinguish it from any other. Pretty much any Japanese brand will do a better one at a fraction of the price.