Bad Christina does not own a digital scale, so Bad Christina overleafed this tea a TON. The instructions from Ubacat said 4g per cup, and since I have no idea of how much that is, I used about 8 teaspoons for a single 24 oz teapot of this.
I also followed the instructions to use boiling water on a very short steep (under a minute).
As a result, the sencha taste in this is strong, and it’s very umami, but I was hoping for more of the rice to come through.
However, I got so much of this in my swap that I’m not too put out. I’ll see how it works on a longer steep with lower temperature.
Also, over the next few days, I’m going to have a bunch of different genmaichas to figure out which one I like best. Aside from this, I have 3 others in my cupboard I haven’t even tried yet.
Thanks, Ubacat!
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You’re welcome! Yikes! That’s a lot of teaspoons! I usually just do 1 tsp with hotter water than is usually used for green. The steep time is so short, somehow the hotter water works for this green tea. I still find the caffeine a bit strong on this tea so so have been searching out some other genmaichas. Will look forward to hearing your reviews of other genmaichas
Hm, I think what I was doing was I got this mixed up with the other genmaicha you sent along, which said to use 1 tablespoon per cup of tea. That was the Yamamotoyama one. Should I use 1 tbsp per cup with that one, or should I use 1 tsp, like with this tea here?
The other pkg did say to use 1 tbsp (Yamamotoyama) but I’m thinking that the spoon from David’s Tea is almost the same size as the tablespoon from measuring spoons. Who can say? I don’t always follow some of those packages exactly but use them as a guide. I just use 1 tsp (David’s Tea teaspoon) for each one with one cup but you can adjust a bit over or under based on your tastes.
Forgot to say: I should have just given you my steep instructions instead of what was on the packages. I find them confusing too!
You’re welcome! Yikes! That’s a lot of teaspoons! I usually just do 1 tsp with hotter water than is usually used for green. The steep time is so short, somehow the hotter water works for this green tea. I still find the caffeine a bit strong on this tea so so have been searching out some other genmaichas. Will look forward to hearing your reviews of other genmaichas
Hm, I think what I was doing was I got this mixed up with the other genmaicha you sent along, which said to use 1 tablespoon per cup of tea. That was the Yamamotoyama one. Should I use 1 tbsp per cup with that one, or should I use 1 tsp, like with this tea here?
The other pkg did say to use 1 tbsp (Yamamotoyama) but I’m thinking that the spoon from David’s Tea is almost the same size as the tablespoon from measuring spoons. Who can say? I don’t always follow some of those packages exactly but use them as a guide. I just use 1 tsp (David’s Tea teaspoon) for each one with one cup but you can adjust a bit over or under based on your tastes.
Forgot to say: I should have just given you my steep instructions instead of what was on the packages. I find them confusing too!