Genmaicha

Genmaicha is a Japanese tea blend of green tea with puffed rice. The puffed rice gives the tea a delightful and delicate nutty flavor and scent.

While drinking a cup, I started thinking about how Oriental women have traditionally used rice flour on their skin, along with Camellia oil, the oil that comes from the seeds of the same plant that gives us green and white tea -Camellia Sinensis. An idea was born! We added finely ground brown and white rice powder to our lye water, then added Rice Bran and Camellia oil to create a smooth, ultra silky and creamy lathering dream of a bar. Non drying and non greasy, it has the perfect balance. We've also added pure green tea extract for the helpful benefits of the catechins and Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) antioxidents it contains. The green tea extract is what gives it the beautiful pale greenish swirls.

Interestingly enough, the natural scent of this soap is so light, fresh and clean, it almost makes one think it has a "fragrance" added. But it doesn't. It's just the way Nature helps us along with the soap making process.

INGREDIENTS: Saponified Oils of Elaeis Guinnesis (Palm) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil, Glycine Soja (Soy) Oil, Elaeis Guinnesis (Palm) Kernel Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil; Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Camellia Oleifera (Camellia) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Flour, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Extract, Sodium Lactate, Mixed Tocohpherols (Vit. E), Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract.