Not one weve made up we promise back in the day green tea was rather expensive and too pricey for your average japanese peasant so to make it go further theyd mix it with grains of toasted rice from such humble beginnings has grown a tea that in todays japan is celebrated in its own right as genmaicha tea or to its friends popcorn tea the british equivalent would probably be something like bubble and squeak although obviously not recommended for use in teapots