Tea type
Food Green Blend
Ingredients
Green Tea, Popped Rice
Flavors
Butter, Nori, Nutty, Popcorn, Seaweed, Toasted Rice, Caramel, Dry Grass, Grain, Smooth, Sweet, Creamy, Hay, Nuts, Roasted, Roasted Nuts, Round, Broth, Savory, Thick, Brown Rice, Rich, Toasted, Rice
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Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 2 min, 15 sec 3 g 14 oz / 421 ml

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  • “First, Thank you Obubu Teas for sending me a sample of this tea. I can use a bunch of fancy words to describe this tea and I will for those who prefer it but really none of that is necessary. ...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I love Genmaicha so when I received this sample I was very happy to try it. This is a slightly different tasting Genmaicha than some others that I’ve tried. The tea tastes different – but not in a...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Backlogging my genmaicha experience. Obubu’s Genmaicha is a flavorful, well-balanced combination of Japanese sencha and roasted sweet mochi rice. The tea it produces is flavorful and light, with a...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I only had one sample of this, so it’s hard to form a strong feeling after just three cups (re-infused twice). However, the genmai is sweeter than other versions I’ve had. The green tea base seemed...” Read full tasting note
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From Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms

Genmaicha is one of Japan’s most popular teas made by mixing Yanagi Bancha leaves with roasted rice. This Genmaicha is brass yellow in color, with a light astringency and a rounded finish. Its nutty pecan-like aroma and buttery sweet taste make it a very soothing and satisfying tea.

Taste: Sweet
Body: Medium
Texture: Rounded
Length: Medium
Harvest: June
Tea Cultivar: Mixed
Origin: Wazuka
Cultivation: Unshaded
Processing: Steamed, Rolled, Dried

About Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms View company

It started with a single cup of tea. As the legend goes, our president Akihiro Kita, or Akky-san, visited Wazuka, Kyoto one fateful day. At the time, Akky-san was still a college student in search for life's calling. After trying the region's famous Ujicha (literally meaning tea from the Uji district), he immediately fell in love and his passion for green tea was born. He had finally found what he was looking for in that one simple cup of tea. After fifteen years of learning to master the art of growing tea from tea farmers in Wazuka, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms was born and as they say, the rest is history. So what's an Obubu? Obubu is the Kyoto slang for tea. Here in the international department we call ourselves Obubu Tea. That's "Tea Tea" for the bilinguals. We love tea so much, we just had to have it twice in our name. Now Obubu means more than just tea to us. It means, family, friends, passion and the place we call home. More than just tea. Though the roots of Obubu stem from tea, it has become more than that over the years. Obubu is an agricultural social venture, operating with three (1) bring quality Japanese tea to the world (2) contribute to the local and global community through tea (3) revitalize interest in tea and agriculture through education.

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2021 sipdown no. 78

Almost done these teas from Cameron!

I always enjoy genmaicha. I added a touch of marshmallow root today. I’ll resteep for a second steep as well.
Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 3 g 14 OZ / 414 ML
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AJRimmer
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Where do you buy your marshmallow root? I was thinking about ordering some for this purpose!

Courtney
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I actually ordered some from iHerb (quite a while ago now), but here is the link: https://ca.iherb.com/pr/Frontier-Natural-Products-Cut-Sifted-Marshmallow-Root-16-oz-453-g/31011

Cameron B.
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Almost done?! Time to send you some new ones! XD

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Happy National Popcorn Day!

I meant to have this a few hours ago, but then I got distracted by a coloring app… Oops. I blame whoever suggested it on Instagram.

I should really drink this tea more often. I love genmaicha and I have two big bags of it for some reason. And this is such a yummy example of it, with a mellow and sweet bancha base. In a lot of genmaicha that I’ve tried, the base tea is overly grassy and just not great tea. But in this version, I love the base as well as the rice. It has a bit of a dry grass note, but also a lovely nuttiness to it. And then there’s that delicious toasted rice adding a sweet and rich grainy flavor…

Nom! :)

Flavors: Caramel, Creamy, Dry Grass, Grain, Hay, Nuts, Roasted, Sweet, Toasted Rice

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
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Mastress Alita
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I love adult coloring books. I saw I “watch” TV in the evenings but it is more “listen to something on the TV while either coloring or knitting” heh. Since everyone I know is blanketed out, I’ve been doing a lot of coloring lately!

Cameron B.
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I should really start knitting again! But I don’t think my lap pugs would appreciate losing their spot…

gmathis
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I got a Bob Ross coloring book for Christmas :)

Mastress Alita
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Nice, gmathis!

Kawaii433
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I love genmaicha too. I bought a ton from Teavivre and am still working through that. lol This sounds good, Cameron!

LuckyMe
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Good old genmaicha! I enjoy genmaicha and always keep some on hand but rarely get around to drinking it. When I eventually do, I kick myself for not having it more often.

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Mmm. This sample is my after lunch tea (giant arugula salad).

I like genmaicha but I can’t say it’s one of those things I really adore. This blend could change my mind about that! It’s mixed with one of Obubu’s sweet, light senchas. The combination of that and the nutty, somewhat salty toasted brown rice is really delightful. It leaves a wonderful aftertaste in your mouth that seems to linger. This is one of the nicest genmais I’ve ever had… if I order more teas from Obubu someday I will definitely need to add this, or maybe I will need to become a customer of Yunomi.us ;)

Now it’s back to finishing off my paper before tomorrow’s class (fingers crossed!)
Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 1 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
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Stephanie
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Mmmm arugula salad

TeaBrat
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I love arugula and discovered it keeps for a long time in the fridge!

Nxtdoor
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Pizza with arugula, leeks and cheese!

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