Today was a gorgeous summer day, and to cap it all off, I made some strawberry rhubarb crisp, then ate TWO helpings while watching the close of the Brazil/Colombia World Cup match.
This was right after I sipped the Granny’s Cake tea earlier today. By the end of the second helping of rhubarb, I had pretty much experienced Sugar Overload and didn’t think I’d be able to handle any more sweet foods for the rest of the day – which meant that this genmaicha was an excellent choice when I still wanted to drink some tea.
Based on LiberTea’s review, I was expecting little crunchy, salty rice balls in my tea, similar to those really nice Asian rice crackers you can buy at the bulk food store, but what I found instead were little white and matcha-green puffballs that didn’t retain their crunch after being steeped.
Luckily, though, the genmaicha here is pretty good! The taste is extremely smooth and not astringent, only slightly grassy, and overall very satisfying. It’s not quite brothy or soupy, but more just… straight and neutral. It’s hard to describe. But it’s definitely a good enough genmaicha that I am debating getting some more from Yunomi.us once my self-imposed hiatus ends in September.
