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Japanese Genmaicha Loose Leaf Green Tea

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24p per cup

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Top grade Japanese green loose leaf tea with toasted brown rice.

This Genmaicha is rather special and unusual, as we use a superior Sencha and combine it with organic Japanese toasted brown rice.

Traditionally Genmaicha was made with old, inferior or lower grade sencha and the toasted rice was used as filler to disguise the inferior quality.  We don't do that.

The sencha is crafted by Moriuchi san - one of the most revered tea-masters in Japan.  His 200 year old tea-garden in Shizuoka is still family run, alongside his wife and daughter.

The sencha base is remarkably complex and deep with rich, verdant notes. A deep, comforting finish with the aroma of popcorn.

24p per cup based on 2g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.

Moriuchi tea farm, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

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Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 2g of tea per 150ml of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 70°C water.

  • Time

    Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.

  • Infusions

    You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

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How to infuse your tea is very personal, and these are just our recommendations based on experience. Please experiment with these variables to your heart's delight. These are our recommendations, not hard and fast rules. The most delicious tea is the one you love.

Our guide uses a standard tea cup size (150ml/5.5 oz) as a measure, please adjust the quantity of leaf accordingly for less or more water. Our whole loose leaves are of such a high quality that you can infuse our teas at least twice, and the second infusion is often better than the first, with different flavours revealed as the leaf softens. If you prefer your tea stronger, add more leaf, don’t leave it for longer (this will just make it bitter).

Origin & Craft

Located between Uchimaki and Miwa Village in Shizuoka, the Moriuchi Tea Garden has been around since the Edo period. The tea is grown and harvested by husband and wife Yoshio and Masumi Moriuchi.

The gardens are steep and rich, surrounded by forests. Indeed so precipitous is the incline Mr Moriuchi has built a small monorail to lift them up, and the tea down, from the steepest slopes. They have converted the land to organic farming and our senchas are hand picked and handcrafted.

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AM
06 January 2024
Anthony M.
United Kingdom

Genmaicha delight

The toasted brown rice with the high quality Sencha makes a perfect match. Love the smooth nutty flavour in every sip. My go to cup of tea in the afternoon.

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FK
21 September 2023
Farzana K.
United Kingdom

Japanese genmaicha

Excellent blend, I have already ordered it on a repeat and absolutely LOVE the taste of it!

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MP
17 February 2022
Maria P.
Mexico

The MOST wonderful blend

The toasted brown rice made this tea my favorite yet. Incredibly well balanced, the flavour in the Sencha goes great with the rice and makes the combination into something unique. Loved it!

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22 January 2022
RChapman
United Kingdom

Superlative

I find it hard to write about this tea without sounding a bit over-the-top. I’ve tried genmaichas before, and really liked them. This genmaicha however, was so full of flavour, and had so much going on, that I wanted to turn all the music off to concentrate on the tea. It felt like sensory overload. It’s the tea I bought a temperature-controlled kettle for.

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*We only accept returns/refunds for tea within two months of receipt, because it is impossible for us to know if the tea has been stored correctly.

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