Tea Name: | Brown rice green tea |
Tea Color: | Green |
Tea Image: | Hyeonmi-nokcha 2.jpg |
Tea Origin: | Korea |
Tea Names: | Hyeonmi-nokcha |
Tea Quick: | Green tea blended with roasted brown rice |
Tea Time: | 2 minutes |
Korean name | |
Hangul: | 현미녹차 |
Hanja: | 玄米綠茶 |
Rr: | hyeonmi-nokcha |
Mr: | hyŏnmi-nokch'a |
Koreanipa: | pronounced as /ko/ |
Brown rice green tea is a green tea blended with roasted brown rice. In Korea, it is called hyeonmi-nokcha (Korean: 현미녹차, literally "brown rice green tea") and is considered a blend of nokcha (green tea) and hyeonmi-cha (brown rice tea). In Japan, green tea blended with puffed brown rice is called genmaicha (literally, "brown rice tea").
In Korea, hyeonmi-nokcha is made by blending jeungje-cha (green tea that was steamed, not roasted, before being dried) leaves and roasted brown rice.[1] Popular in both the loose and tea bag forms, brown rice green tea varieties are produced by Hankook Tea and Sulloc Tea.
of brown rice green tea contains, carbohydrate, protein, fat, and sodium.[2] Few of these nutrients will be present in the brewed liquid.