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black sesame porridge with banana and walnuts in a bowl
black sesame porridge held at a misty sunrise camp with a matcha mug
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breakfast · backcountry bowls no. 03

black sesame porridge

黑芝麻粥 · hēi zhīma zhōu
25g protein 615 cal single packet no whey, no clumps

Black sesame and roasted soybean kinako over quick oats, with freeze dried banana, walnuts, brown sugar, and a whisper of cinnamon. One packet, boiling water, five minutes. Pour-and-go, no separate steps.

Tastes like a Beijing breakfast cart met a Swiss bircher bowl at 10,000 feet: nutty, toasty, gently sweet, and substantial enough to actually start a big day on.

$13 one packet · one real breakfast
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Honesty corner: the chia and flax keep thickening as it sits. Give it the full five minutes before you judge the texture.

a breakfast that actually starts the day

615
calories
25g
protein
5min
with boiling water
1
packet, no steps
0
clumps

what's actually in here

protein from real food, not a scoop of supplement

quick oats kinako · roasted soybean powder, the protein hero black sesame powder · the signature oat milk powder · creaminess coconut milk powder chia + ground flax freeze dried banana walnuts + brown sugar + cinnamon

the ritual

  1. Boil about 1.25 cups of water. Watch the sun come over the ridge.
  2. Pour it into the packet (or your bowl), stir well, cover.
  3. Wait 5 minutes. Stir again. The chia and flax thicken it to porridge as it sits.

the recipe's story

Black sesame (黑芝麻) porridge is a classic across China: warming, nutty, faintly sweet, often eaten for breakfast or as a tonic. We crossed it with kinako (きな粉), the roasted soybean powder beloved in Japanese and Korean sweets, which carries protein and a toasty depth that pairs perfectly with sesame.

We dropped whey on purpose. It clumps the instant it hits boiling water and breaks the single-packet format.

So the protein comes from real ingredients you can pronounce, in one packet that takes boiling water head-on. No shaker bottle, no chalk, no second step at sunrise.

nutrition facts

per packet · recipe target, lab-verified before launch

Nutrition Facts
1 serving per packet
Serving size 1 packet (~110g)
Calories 615
Total Fat24g
Saturated Fat5g
Sodium140mg
Total Carbohydrate72g
Dietary Fiber11g
Total Sugars18g
Protein25g
Targets from our test kitchen. Final verified panel publishes before the first packet ships. Contains: tree nuts (walnut), sesame, soy, coconut.

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