Brown rice green tea is a green tea blended with roasted brown rice. In Korea, it is called hyeonmi-nokcha (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").
| Brown rice green tea | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Other names | Hyeonmi-nokcha |
| Origin | Korea |
| Quick description | Green tea blended with roasted brown rice |
| Temperature | 80 °C (176 °F) |
| Time | 2 minutes |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 현미녹차 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 玄米綠茶 |
| Revised Romanization | hyeonmi-nokcha |
| McCune–Reischauer | hyŏnmi-nokch'a |
| IPA | [hjʌn.mi nok̚.tɕʰa] |
Preparation edit
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.[1]
Nutrition edit
200 grams (7.1 oz) of brown rice green tea contains 610 kilocalories (2,600 kJ), 141.6 grams (4.99 oz) carbohydrate, 26 grams (0.92 oz) protein, 6.8 grams (0.24 oz) fat, and 12 milligrams (0.19 gr) sodium.[2] Few of these nutrients will be present in the brewed liquid.
Gallery edit
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Hyeonmi-nokcha -
Hyeonmi-nokcha tea bag
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Jeong, Dong-hyo; Yun, Baek-hyeon; Yi, Yeong-hui, eds. (2012). "Hyeonmi-nokcha". Cha saenghwal munhwa daejeon (in Korean). Seoul, Korea: Hongikjae. ISBN 978-89-714-3351-5. Retrieved 23 February 2018 – via Naver.
- ^ "Hyeonmi-nokcha" (in Korean). Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Retrieved 23 February 2018 – via Naver.
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