{"id":1476,"date":"2013-03-09T22:45:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T03:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:36:40","slug":"loose-tea-review-genmaicha-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/03\/09\/loose-tea-review-genmaicha-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Loose Tea Review: Ujinotsuyu Genmaicha Tokuyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3923\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3923\" data-attachment-id=\"3923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/03\/09\/loose-tea-review-genmaicha-tokyo\/genmaicha-tea\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?fit=5120%2C3620&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5120,3620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"genmaicha-tea\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;genmaicha-tea&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;genmaicha-tea&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?fit=1000%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3923\" alt=\"genmaicha-tea\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?resize=640%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?resize=1000%2C707&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?resize=500%2C353&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?w=3510&amp;ssl=1 3510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">genmaicha-tea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This genmaicha tea from ujinotsuyu is traditionally called &#8216;<em>the people&#8217;s tea<\/em>&#8216; and combines\u00a0green tea and toasted rice, the rice being a kind of filler to make the tea less expensive, though it also gives the brew a distinct flavor which is surprising to anyone who&#8217;s only ever had tea or rice separately. It&#8217;s also called <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Genmaicha\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genmaicha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">popcorn tea<\/a> because some kernels of rice can pop in the toasting process.<\/p>\n<p>The color of the brew is typically a light yellow, but I thought it was reminiscent of\u00a0flat mountain dew, a very neon green.<\/p>\n<p>The flavor is subtle, nutty, and tastes of brown rice, of course. It is a nice contrast to richer teas and an awful lot like a thin, unassuming broth.<\/p>\n<p>The aroma reminds me of fresh-baked bread. You can smell the toasted rice, but behind it is a slight grassiness of a meadow. A very nice scent.<\/p>\n<p>The tea is rather dry, and has a light lingering finish near the back of the tongue. There is very little viscosity.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.englishteastore.com\/2013\/02\/13\/teas-of-the-world-japanese-teas-round-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teas of the World: Japanese Teas, Round 2<\/a> (englishtea.us)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">New Organic Assam Tea Launches Today at The Tea Spot Completing Their Selection of Organic Indian Black Teas (prweb.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\">New Tea Menu (reneeclaireblanchard.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This genmaicha tea from ujinotsuyu is traditionally called &#8216;the people&#8217;s tea&#8216; and combines\u00a0green tea and toasted rice, the rice being a kind of filler to make the tea less expensive, though it also gives the brew a distinct flavor which is surprising to anyone who&#8217;s only ever had tea or rice separately. It&#8217;s also called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[311],"class_list":{"0":"post-1476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-photography","8":"tag-food","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/genmaicha-tea.jpg?fit=5120%2C3620&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-nO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":122,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/03\/21\/should-i-eat-this-infographic\/","url_meta":{"origin":1476,"position":0},"title":"Should I eat this? 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