How to prepare sencha and genmaicha

Name: How to prepare sencha and genmaicha
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Sencha: 6 g UMAMI Organic Sencha, 150 ml water at 95–100 °C; Genmaicha: 8 g UMAMI Organic Genmaicha, 200 ml water at 95–100 °C

Two Japanese green teas, one short infusion: hot water, less than a minute, and the leaves never left sitting in the water.

Type: How to · Tea & sweets
Prep: 5 min
Serves: 2 people

Cast-iron teapot and two cups of green tea on dark stone, with a bamboo mat

Ingredients

Sencha: 6 g UMAMI Organic Sencha, 150 ml water at 95–100 °C
Genmaicha: 8 g UMAMI Organic Genmaicha, 200 ml water at 95–100 °C

Method

01
Warm the teapot and cups with hot water, then empty them.
02
Put the leaves in the teapot and pour in water at the right temperature.
03
Leave to infuse for 45–60 seconds, as indicated on the pack for both teas.
04
Pour all the tea into the cups, alternating between them, down to the last drop: the leaves must not be left in the water.
05
The same leaves can be used for a second, shorter infusion with slightly hotter water.