Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Tea Review: Kaga Bocha Genmai (Yunomi/Yamane-en)

Kaga Bocha Genmai
Yamane-en/Yunomi
Type: Green
Origin: Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture and Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa
Product Description:
The region of Ishikawa Prefecture was once called Kaga and has a centuries-long history of roasting the stems of tea leaves. Though the region itself doesn't have a large commercial tea agriculture industry, they are masters at roasting leaf stems from other parts of Japan.

This version includes a mix of toasted rice for an extra nutty flavor.

BOWCHA is our partner in this region, and has provided us with a light roast of high grade spring tea leaf stems.
Temperature: 194° F
Amount: 3 grams
Steeping Time:  1-2 minutes

The dry leaf has notes of ground nuts and sesame.

The golden liquor has a toasty aroma with notes of cooked rice and a hint of vine bean.  The taste is toasty with notes of nuts, rice, and corn.  

This was a comforting tea with roasty notes throughout three infusions. Increasing the steeping time of the third infusion to 2 minutes really brought the flavor back out.

This tea was purchased by me.




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