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• Tea is only as good as the water it is brewed in. Use filtered water as needed. Use one teaspoon for each cup of tea desired. Pour 175F water over the tea and steep for 3 minutes. Remove the tea leaves. Relax and enjoy.
• Broad yellow-green Bancha tea leaves are mixed with toasted brown rice.
• Bancha is a summer tea made after the Sencha season. Because there is so much of tea, an innovative Kyoto tea merchant thought to combine the two staples of the Japanese diet, bringing Genmaicha into existence. And for that we are thankful.
• Genmaicha is a unique type of green tea from Japan that captures the interest of many individuals. During the drying process of the green tea leaves, brown rice kernels are included, resulting in crunchy kernels. Some of the kernels even burst open due to this method.