Zenkouen Tea Garden: #11 Marugoto Series – Genmaicha Powder (50g) Zenkouen Tea Garden

Have 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 organic brown rice and tea from the ichibancha (spring) harvest. Please enjoy the scent of roasted rice along with the harmony of deep-steamed (fukamushi) tea. It is a very popular item for children. 

Steeping recommendation

A little scoop is attached to each bag. Use the spoon to scoop 1 heaping of powder (about half a gram) for every 100-150 ml of hot water.

For cold steeping, use 1 teaspoon per liter of water.

We also recommend that you use a small amount of water and mix with the powder into paste first to get rid of clumps. 

Product info

• Ingredients: Green tea, toasted rice
• Net weight: 50 grams
• Note: JAS certified organic. Grown without use of pesticides / synthetic fertilizers
• Region: Shimada, Shizuoka

About the Tea Farmer 

Yoshimitsu Masuda spent the first part of his adult life working in a major farming cooperative where he learned firsthand about the danger of food additives and pesticides. Returning to the family tea farm in 1992 to learn tea making from his father and fellow tea farmers in Shimada, Shizuoka, he was deeply surprised at the amount of pesticides used in tea farming.

Switching to organic farming was not an easy task; insects and disease plagued the first field he was given charge of, crop yield and leaf quality dropped, and he faced criticism from both family and other tea professionals. But he felt it was important to create tea that was safe for his own family to drink first. (Read more about Masuda-san’s story here.)

Today, built upon 25+ years of organic farming experience, Masuda-san produces tea that he is proud to call both safe and delicious and is passing his tea-making skills on to his children.