A little more hojicha in your day
Get to know roasted green tea, then find a cup you would like to try.
A little reading with your tea
The tea in the packet and the way it is brewed both have their stories. A word or a question that catches your interest can be a place to begin.
How hojicha is made: sorting tea names by what each one describes
Do the five names on a tea shelf point at the same kind of thing? This piece follows the layers they belong to — a method, a part of the plant, something added — and the two fires of the finishing stage.
How hojicha is roasted: amino acids and sugar turning into aroma
Put dry leaf over a flame and the smell of the room changes. This piece follows where that toastiness comes from, what is formed, what is lost, and which aromas take over as the temperature changes.
Hojicha caffeine content: why the published figures disagree
Why does the caffeine figure for hojicha shift from source to source, and land on the same value as sencha? The brewing conditions, the national table, a shop's page and the table's editions, in turn.
Encyclopedia
A packet made from leaves, another from stems. A lighter roast beside a deeper one. Compare up to four hojichas as you look for a tea to suit your taste or the way you plan to use it. Tea merchants’ locations and the places where their tea was grown are listed separately. For brewing, please also consult each maker’s guidance.
A little reading with your tea
We share the choices behind hojicha, from roasting to the work of its makers. Knowing a little more can add another pleasure to choosing an everyday tea.
Make time for hojicha during a day in Tokyo
Inside a station, in an old neighbourhood, in a park garden: five shops for a cup between trains, a meal or a pause on a walk, traced through each shop's official information.
Four places to enjoy hojicha in Kyoto
Uji, Kyoto Station, Gosho-minami and Wazuka. Four places for a takeaway cup or time to sit down, chosen to suit the day, traced through each shop's official information.
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We share the choices behind hojicha, from roasting to the work of its makers. Knowing a little more can add another pleasure to choosing an everyday tea.
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