Talk:Genmaicha

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Contents 1 Corn 2 Brewing time 3 Need addl. photo 4 Which type of green tea

[edit] Corn

I am confused. The description of the tea with popcorn added is not correct. I see it on packaging and on the web. If you look for the Japanese descriptions it is described correctly. On the American company descriptions, it includes popcorn. If it was actual popcorn, the fluffy popped items (which are a starchy rice that pops) would be larger. It is a specialty Japanese tea that is blended with fire-toasted rice. During this process of firing (toasting) the rice, it is common for the rice to 'pop' not unlike popcorn, hence the name 'popcorn-tea'. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.146.184 (talk • contribs)

I visited a large Asian grocery store the other day and inspected a number of brands of Japanese-produced genmaicha, all of which contained a list of ingredients. All included tea and rice as ingredients, and none included corn as an ingredient (although all had a small proportion of tiny white popcorn-like elements). Thus, I can confirm that the American companies stating that the genmaicha they sell contain popcorn are incorrect. Badagnani 21:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brewing time

Brewing time: 30 seconds to 1 minute. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.224.37.51 (talk • contribs)

I heard a story (with no source) on the origin of genmaicha. Genmai was a servent in Medieval Japan. One day, while preparing tea for his master, a sammurai warrior, he accidently spilled some roast rice in with the green tea. When he poured hot water into the teapot, the sammuari noticed the rice floating in the tea and took it as an insult. He pulled his sword and cut of Genmai's head. Then, he poured himself a cup of the offending tea and liked it. He referred to it as genmaicha, "cha" being the word for tea. So, a servant's mistake led to his name attaining immortality.

That's a nice story, but it's pretty much nonsense. "genmai" is the standard word for "brown rice" (or "unpolished rice") in Japan, so the name simply means "brown rice tea". The origin was almost certainly someone trying to stretch their tea supply by combining it with rice.

[edit] Need addl. photo

Need photo of the brewed tea. Badagnani 00:10, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Which type of green tea

What type(s) of green tea are used in this product? The leaves in the one I have are fairly bright green and flattened, looking something like dragonwell tea. Badagnani 02:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

As long as I know (not academic research), the tea used in Genmaicha is Bancha. I hear that genmai is used for the purpose to add good taste to bad(Hi) tea.Penpen0216 07:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)