On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 12:58:07 -0700, crymad >
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>> so for kicks today I did a roast where I got the wheat medium
>> brown and threw the gunpowder in and roasted it a bit more.
>> I'll say it's a learning experience more than a breakthrough.
>> it tastes OK, but nothing like green tea, and the wheat didn't
>> get dark enough to have much flavor.
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>Try it instead with some inexpensive Bancha. Gunpowder doesn't
>have much of a Japanese flavor.
>
>--crymad


neither does wheat.

I'm not trying to replicate a particular thing or tradition. I'm just
exploring flavors.

but point taken- bancha shouldn't overpower the toasted flavor as much
as the gunpowder does....