# How to Brew Genmaicha (Popcorn Tea)

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## Recipe Product Mapping

- Required tea: [Teapigs Popcorn Tea, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g](https://teas.co.uk/product/teapigs-popcorn-green-tea-15-tea-bags-37-5g/) | role: primary | reason: Primary tea mapped as required for this recipe. | confidence: high

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## Summary

How to brew genmaicha (Teapigs Popcorn Tea): off the boil at 80C, a short steep, and nothing added.

## Description

Genmaicha, or popcorn tea, is Japanese green tea blended with roasted brown rice, and that toasted rice is where the nickname comes from: a warm, nutty, popcorn-like aroma sitting under the soft green tea. Teapigs make it as a whole-leaf temple.

Source: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the How to Brew Genmaicha (Popcorn Tea) recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/frozen-pops-for-kids/how-to-brew-genmaicha-popcorn-tea/Treat it like any good green tea. Use water off the boil at around 80C, never a rolling boil, which scalds the leaf and turns it harsh, and keep the steep short, two to three minutes, since green tea turns bitter quickly. It is best drunk plain, with nothing added.

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