Hojicha, read from the roast
Hojicha is green tea roasted over heat. This association gathers what makers, tea merchants and public bodies have published about it: an encyclopedia of 50 products, a map of 60 shops, and articles on roasting.
Know it, choose it, enjoy it
Hojicha Encyclopedia
Fifty products, filtered by part used, roast and form, with each maker's own description and brewing notes.
Hojicha Cafe Map
Sixty shops across Japan where hojicha leads, or where official information confirms it is served.
Learn and read
Short articles that stay inside what published sources say, and mark where the writing stops.
Roasting (Japanese only)
What heat does to tea leaf, and why 'light' and 'deep' mean different things from company to company.
Free hojicha quiz (Japanese only)
Eight introductory questions, free to take — available in Japanese only.
About the association
We want more people to be able to talk about hojicha starting from the roast. To that end we publish only what makers, tea merchants and public bodies have stated, with the source and the date we checked it.
About the association