It is a wonderful blend of luxury Japanese green tea and toasted brown rice and always made with toasted brown rice, which delivers a sweeter, richer flavor. The aromatic blended tea brings together the refreshing lightness, sweetness and the distinctive taste of roasted rice. This tea has a mild taste of sweet, grassy green tea with wonderful roasted, toasty rice flavor; it has less caffeine and tastes less astringent than other Japanese teas.