genmaicha

Noun

genmaicha (uncountable)

1. A Japanese form of green tea combined with roasted brown rice.
   • Inside the bus on Sunday afternoon, the woman, Arielle Swernoff, 23, of Williamsburg, and her friend, Patrick Rheaume, 33, of Park Slope, accepted the cups of genmaicha tea offered them and embarked on a discussion that included references to the small towns of western Massachusetts, where Mr....2015 November 9, Colin Moynihan, “A Vagabond Teahouse Pours Camaraderie, One Free Cup at a Time”, in New York Times
   • After the trill, one of us creeps downstairs to put on tea and, while the old dog eats her breakfast, arranges the pleasing array of a small, not-too-sweet biscuit or two, a bowl of cut fruit and a huge pot of genmaicha green tea (the fun one with the popped rice in it).2025 January 27, Alys Fowler, “The one change that worked: I woke up to my phone alarm – until my wife insisted on a new morning routine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   hyeonmi nokcha, popcorn tea