Pronunciation
English Name

genmaicha

Cantonese (Traditional)

玄米茶

Mandarin (Pinyin)

xuán mǐ chá


Yale Romanization

yùhn máih chàh

Character Breakdown

玄 is black, 米 is rice, and 茶 is tea, so in Chinese it's black rice tea, but in Japanese 玄米 is brown rice, so its actually brown rice tea.

genmaicha
About This Dish

Genmaicha is a Japanese green tea (the name is the Japanese pronunciation) mixed with toasted brown rice, also called popcorn tea because the rice pops like popcorn when toasted.

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Yale:
yùhn máih chàh