Kii Kuikawa Genmaicha Kii Popcorn Tea
Genmaicha he a ʻO ka laiki ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hui pū ʻia me ka laiki popped brown rot.I kekahi manawa, kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he "popcorn tea" no ka mea he liʻiliʻi o ka laiki pop i ka wā o ka ʻai ʻana a ua like me ka popcorn..ʻO ke kō a me ka mākiko mai ka laiki e loaʻa ai i ke kī ke ʻono mehana, piha, ʻono.Manaʻo ʻia he maʻalahi ke inu a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻōpū. ʻO ke kī i hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai ka genmaicha he hue melemele māmā.He ʻoluʻolu kona ʻono a hui pū i ka ʻala mauʻu hou o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo me ka ʻala o ka laiki i kālua ʻia.ʻOiai ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia kī i ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻokoʻa ke ala i ʻōlelo ʻia e hana ai i kēia kī: ʻo ka wai ma kahi o 80. - 85°C (176 - 185°F), a me ka manawa hana o 3 - Manaʻo ʻia ʻo 5 mau minuke, ma muli o ka ikaika i makemake ʻia.
Wahi a ka moʻolelo i kekahi lā he samurai'ʻO Genmai ka inoa o ke kauā e ninini ana i ke kī no kona haku, i ka wā i hāʻule iho ai kekahi mau hua raiki i kālua ʻia mai loko mai o kona lima i loko o ke kīʻaha o ka samurai.I loko o ka huhū e pili ana i ka“luku”o kāna kī aloha, unuhi aʻela ʻo ia i kāna katana a ʻoki i ke poʻo o kāna kauā.Noho ka samurai i hope a inu i ke kī a ʻike ua hoʻololi ka laiki i ke kī.Ma mua o ka hōʻino ʻana, ua hāʻawi ka raiki i ke kī i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ke kī maʻemaʻe.Ua mihi koke ʻo ia no kāna hana ʻino ʻino a kauoha ʻo ia i kēia kī hou e lawelawe ʻia i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kāna kauā i hala.No ka hanohano hou, ua kapa ʻo ia i ke kī ma hope ona: Genmaicha (''kī o Genmai'') .
ʻO nā lau kī maloʻo he ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻeleʻele a lohi i hui pū ʻia me nā hua laiki ʻeleʻele a me ka laiki puff.ʻO ke kī i hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai kēia mau lau kī he hue melemele māmā.ʻOluʻolu ka ʻono me kahi ʻano o ka laiki i kālua ʻia a me kahi ʻono maʻalahi.ʻO ka ʻala he ʻala māmā o ka hou a me ka laiki i kālua ʻia.
