Genmaicha Tsukimi

I love having this at night without the caffeine. I love the roasted brown rice favor!

Tastes good, but pricey. I do like it on the sweet side so I do add honey to it. Comforting.

It’s my favorite tea it’s so comforting my only wish would be that it’s cheaper so I can buy more

This was my first time trying a Genmaicha, and it didn't disappoint! It had a nice popcorn smell, especially when I poured hot water over it. It tastes great mixed with green tea leaves, too.

This genmai rice is a bit pricey, but it goes a long way. We used to be able to buy just the roasted rice and popped rice in a huge bag at our local Japanese market, but it's no longer sold. We searched and searched and finally found this. And as far as quality, it very good in that it has a large amount of popped rice mixed in with the roasted rice kernels.

It's called tea, but technically, there isn't any real tea leaves included. Many products are sold as teas because some apparently brew the popped and roasted rice straight without actual green tea leaves, and it's considered a "tea" in the sense that it's a brewed beverage made by brewing roasted and popped rice. However, we use this in a more traditional way by adding it to green tea, to make genmaicha or green tea with roasted rice. Very delicious and satisfying.

I deducted a star because it's a bit more pricey than how I used to buy the roasted and popped rice in bulk, but given that it's hard to find and the fact that a little goes a long way, it's still worth buying! We can highly recommend Senbird!