is a Japanese

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consisting of

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mixed with roasted popped

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. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as "popcorn tea" because a few grains of the

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

pop during the roasting process and resemble

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, or as "people's tea", as the rice served as a filler and reduced the price of the tea, making it historically more available for poorer Japanese. Today all segments of society drink genmaicha. It was also used by people

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for religious purposes or who found themselves to be between meals for long periods of time. Genmaicha_tea_brewed_and_unbrewed

The sugar and starch from the rice cause the tea to have a warm, full, nutty flavor. It is considered easy to drink and to make the stomach feel better. Tea steeped from genmaicha has a light yellow hue. Its flavor is mild and combines the fresh grassy flavor of green tea with the aroma of the roasted rice. Genmaicha is also sold with

matcha is finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves, traditionally consumed in East Asia. The green tea plants used for matcha are shade-grown for three to four weeks before harvest; the stems and veins are removed during ...

(powdered green tea) added to it. This product is called (lit. genmaicha with added powdered tea). ''Matcha-iri genmaicha'' has a similar flavor to plain genmaicha, but the flavor is often stronger and the color more green than light yellow. In South Korea, a very similar tea is called ''

hyeonminokcha Brown rice green tea is green tea blended with roasted brown rice. In Korea, it is called ''hyeonmi-nokcha'' (, literally "brown rice green tea") and is considered a blend of ''nokcha'' (green tea) and '' hyeonmi-cha'' (brown rice tea). In Japan, ...

'' (; "brown rice green tea"), while the word '' hyeonmicha'' (), which is a

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of ''genmaicha'', refers to an infusion of roasted brown rice in boiling water.

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