Tea Rebellion Genmaicha Brown Rice Tea Organic Tea Character- Warm Puffy Seductive 40g Japan Naturalitea Directly traded Pure Authentic

Genmaicha, meaning “brown rice tea,” is one of Japan’s most well-known green teas. Ingredients are green tea and locally-sourced sweet mocha rice. The roasted brown rice will remind you of the rich and sweet flavour of popcorn. This brings a nuttiness to the sweet and bitter taste of the Sencha. This is a great introduction to the diverse world of Japanese green tea. All palates can find something to love in this nutty tea. NaturaliTea is a community of 26 member farmers close to Shizuoka, near Nakayama Village, up in the mountains behind the city of Fujieda 200 km from Tokyo in the southeast. All farms are located within a 5 km radius of one another.The founding family and spiritual leader of this group is the Kinezuka family who are considered Japan’s pioneers of all-natural tea farming. They created NaturaliTea with a mission to “connect People, Agriculture and Nature” and to actively work to address the challenges faced by the farming community and the future of tea in the area. Toshiaki Kinezuka started farming with all-natural methods back in 1976 and has been following organic practices ever since. This is a great achievement in the midst of Japan’s heavy chemical use in the tea industry. His daughter, Ayumi, initially emigrated to the United States but returned to take over the family farm and to keep Japanese tea production alive while learning from other tea traditions. She works with her brother, Kazuki, on the farms while her sister Tamiko and mother Kazue take care of quality control for the finished tea and shipping logistics. The Kinezuka families farm is s located at an altitude of 350 metres (1150 feet) and all teas are grown from the Yabukita cultivar.