Genmaicha Matcha

玄米抹茶パウダー

Harvest
June 2025

Origin
Shizuoka, Japan

We love the comfort of genmaicha, and what the toasty aroma of roasted rice brings to the cool salinity of green tea. Genmaicha is traditionally a blend of “genmai,” or toasted rice, and green tea, usually sencha. 

This genmaicha powder is a little different. It is made by combining genmai powder with ceremonial grade matcha from Shizuoka and Kagoshima. Made mainly of the yabukita varietal, this high quality matcha gives the genmaicha powder an unusual brightness, intensity, and deep sweetness when combined with the genmai. 

It whisks into a spring green foam, and as soon as water hits it we get hit with the comforting smell of toasted rice. It makes a very smooth and refreshing latte, and offers us a delicious, but still energizing, alternative to straight matcha. You may notice a pleasing nostalgic flavour to this drink as well, like rice crackers or breakfast cereal. We found it to be a bit like rice krispies, but without the snap-crackle-pop.