Pronunciation
English Name

genmaicha

Cantonese (Traditional)

玄米茶

Mandarin (Pinyin)

xuán mǐ chá


Yale Romanization

yùhn máih chàh

Character Breakdown

is black, is rice, and 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