Random Tea Thread

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Here's a tea stumper for anyone who's up to the challenge: What's the deal with brown rice green tea? I found this at the Japan pavillion at EPCOT. What does rice add to tea? Is it a flavor thing? Is one supposed to leave the rice in the teacup? The package was all in Japanese and the Japanese girls there were all busy selling chopsticks and sake, so I couldn't get the answers to my questions.

I cheated and used Google, so I don't actually have any clue personally about it. Here's the link: http://www.jeddy.org/cha/genmai/

As far as the rice goes, I think if you use the usual method of steeping loose tea using an infuser, it will remain in the infuser with the tea leaves.