> On Aug 14, 2:48 pm, toci yahoo.com> wrote:
>

>> This is a green tea that may have been roasted a bit too much by
>> mistake, so they fixed it by mixing it with roasted rice?  It has that
>> puffed rice breakfast taste you remember from your childhood.
>> Surprisingly, it makes a good iced tea.  I'm going on to other greens
>> and mixtures for the autumn, but want t leave my options open on this
>> one.     Toci

>
> Genmaicha is one tea I can honestly say I will never have a taste for.
> I even like puffed rice cereal but I just can't do it. You've
> mentioned the iced tea thing before and almost tempted me to try it
> but I knew I'd just end up with a bunch of extra wasted genmaicha and
> probably water my plants with the iced tea. I have tried so many times
> over the years thinking my palate would change, but so far genmaicha
> and candied sweet potatoes remain the two foods I can't even get down.
>
> I tend to drop away from greens altogether in the fall/winter. It
> happens subconciously too because I never plan it, I just find myself
> with some comforting black tea or an oolong more often than not. What
> greens/mixes do you drink in Autumn? BLC is about the only green that
> remains in my rotation or possibly a jasmine green.
>
> - Dominic