Review: Ducky Life Tea Holden’s Genmaicha Tea
Lately I’ve fallen off my own self-imposed wagon. In the last few months I’ve been drinking less tea, and more of everything else, with the exception of coffee which I still find repellent in every...
View ArticleReview: Sugimoto USA Genmai Cha with Matcha
The first thing I noticed about this tea was its color. The leaves are dark green and covered in a neon green powder, thanks to the addition of matcha to this blend. I have had genmai cha both with and...
View ArticleReview: Maiko Tea Happiness Tea (Shiawasencha)
According to Maiko Tea this blend is a combination of matcha, kukicha, genmai and kelp. Can you say green? This was probably one of the most visually interesting teas I have ever seen. There were so...
View ArticleReview: Joy’s Teaspoon Genmaicha
It seems like it has been quite some time since I last reviewed, or even drank, a cup of genmaicha. I’m glad that I finally got around to breaking that streak with the genmaicha offering from Joy’s...
View ArticleReview: Tea4Life Spiced Sencha
This sencha boasts additions of orange, cinnamon, ginger, plum, cherry, vanilla, and genmaicha. That’s quite the cornucopia of ingredients, so the main question is whether this variety creates a...
View ArticleReview: Tea4Life Spiced Sencha
Spiced Sencha is my first experience with Tea4Life, a UK-based company that appears to have a minimalist approach to tea, offering a limited selection of teas on a very simple, clean website. When I...
View ArticleReview: Tea4Life Spiced Sencha
“Based on our classic Simply Sencha mixed with another Japanese gem, known as Genmaicha which is itself a blend of Sencha with popped rice kernels, which imparts a slight nutty flavour. To this we have...
View ArticleReview: The Persimmon Tree Rooibos Vanilla Chai
The Persimmon Tree Tea Company is one of those companies that seems to get better the more I get to know it. This is probably about the fifth or sixth tea I am reviewing for them, but I have also put...
View ArticleReview: ShiZen Tea Genmaicha Powder with Matcha
The powder of this blend is a dull green colour, not surprising because it’s not a true matcha tea. What is surprising and disappointing is the fact that my first attempt to make this is a failure on...
View ArticleReview: Aiya Matcha Infused Genmaicha
According to Aiya’s site: “Created over 800 years ago by Buddhist monks as a meditational drink, Matcha is known today as the healthiest, rarest and most premium of all tea varieties of Japan. ” Who...
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