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This is the other tea my fellow library intern friend gave me. I’ve never tried genmaicha before, either.

The dry leaf smells sweet, like organic candy. When I steeped it, it smelled strongly of burnt rice. It tastes like toasted bread, butter, and grassy green tea. It’s a very savory tea, and I can tell that this particular green tea base is very good quality. Not bad!

Note: I tried for a second steep, and I think either I oversteeped it, or the popped rice doesn’t do well with second steepings, because I got a burnt-tasting, highly vegetal cup, which I didn’t enjoy. More experimentation is necessary!

Flavors: Bread, Butter, Grass

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 2 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 6 OZ / 177 ML

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Favorite tea types: Black, pu’erh, oolong, kombucha, genmaicha, floral greens, matcha, yaupon, mate, rooibos, and honeybush.

Favorite flavor notes: Roasted, fermented, earthy, floral, nutty, bread-y, umami; dessert-inspired flavors like chocolate, vanilla, and maple.

Picky about, but not opposed to: chai, spice/ spicy, fruit flavors, and herbal tisanes.

Flat-out dislike: White tea, most unflavored green teas, hibiscus, plain peppermint.

90-100: Perfection and heaven and magic, all in one cup.

70-89: Good.

50-69: Meh.

49 and below: Blerg.

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