Genmaicha Popcorn Tea 100g

Genmaicha, often called Japanese popcorn tea, combines sencha green tea with toasted rice. Premium Japanese sencha leaves offer a crisp, vegetal green tea flavour, complemented by the toasted rice’s subtle nutty notes and natural sweetness. This distinctive and flavourful tea is an essential experience for enthusiasts.

10 Facts About Genmaicha, Japanese Popcorn Tea

1. Historical Origins: In Japanese culture, mixing rice with tea leaves helps green tea last longer. This practice was common among people with low incomes to make drinking tea more affordable.
2. Blend: Blending Sencha or Bancha tea leaves with roasted brown rice creates popcorn tea's unique sweet and nutty flavour. During roasting, many rice grains pop and resemble tiny pieces of popcorn.
3. Nutritional Benefits: This traditional mix of green tea and brown rice is rich in antioxidants, vitamins B and E, as well as an essential mineral called selenium.
4. Caffeine Content: Compared to other green teas, the inclusion of brown rice reduces the amount of tea used per cup, resulting in less caffeine being absorbed.
5. Weight Loss: Drinking 3–5 cups of green tea daily may help you lose weight because it speeds up your metabolism.
6. Stress Buster: The amino acid L-theanine present in the tea helps to calm people down, relax them, and lower their stress.
7. Digestive Health: Green tea and brown rice are good for your digestive system. Green tea is said to reduce inflammation, and brown rice has fibre. Together, these two things make this tea great for gut health.
8. Samurai's Choice!: Japanese Samurai thought this blend of green tea and rice was a valuable source of nutrition, providing both hydration and sustenance. According to Ancient Japanese War Tactics, the samurai warriors found this tea to be essential to helping them stay strong in battle.
9. Popularity: Green tea blended with brown rice was first thought to be only for people with low incomes, but over time, people from all walks of life in Japan have grown to love it.
10. Japanese Tea Ceremonies: As this unique blend became more popular among the upper classes, it was enjoyed in traditional Japanese tea ceremonies as a way to cultivate humility, grounding, and soothing qualities.

INGREDIENTS:

Luxury green tea, roasted rice

ORIGIN:

Japan, Kagoshima Province

CAFFEINE:

Approx 20mg per cup

LEAVES:

Steamed green tea - Sencha - made to Japanese Specifications

AROMA:

Fresh and vegetative with a hint of caramel

COLOUR:

Light brownish yellow liquor tending bright with toasted rice kernels

TASTE:

Naturally sweet, toasty flavour with vegetative green freshness.

WELL BEING:

Energising

MENU GUIDE:

Great Addition

FLAVOUR:

Nutty

FLAVOUR:

Toasted Rice

FLAVOUR:

Vegetal

FLAVOUR:

Slightly Sweet

STRENGTH:

Light Bodied

CAFFEINE CONTENT:

Low