#0767.S5 Zenkouen Tea Garden: #11 Marugoto Series - Genmaicha PowderHave you ever heard of genmaicha powder? Well, here is one from Zenkouen Tea Garden. Just like matcha powder and hojicha powder, it serves an easy way to make genmaicha tea quickly (and drink 100% of the tea). Moreover, powdered genmaicha is also wonderful for creating flavored lattes, cakes, cookies, etc. If you love the nutty taste of genmaicha, you will definitely want to get creative with this one! Zenkouen's powdered genmaicha is made by blending

Leaves from the autumn harvest are low in caffeine

Tea Type: Sencha Teabag 45g (3g x15)

harvested in late May or early June

this tea combines the soft roasted character of Japanese wakocha with a gentle

found abundantly in benifuuki green tea

and that have been steamed and dried without rolling into the needle shape you see with other types of green tea from Japan

and is sometimes referred to as senryu 川柳

the family doesn't know exactly when they started farming tea

What is interesting is that without using pesticides

This tea can be enjoyed cold in the summer time and hot in the winter

Note: Prices for matcha from Kyoto have risen approximately 3x in 2025

Since publishing her experiences researching the column in the 1987 book Nori-yakko Dosue