Hojicha
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Commercial Description
These are roasted twigs from some of the best gardens in Uji, Japan. One of the joys of Japanese food stores is the smell of fresh roasted Hojicha. It is reminiscent of coffee, but sweeter, and has very reduced levels of caffeine.
Ratings & Reviews
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90 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5Heather Z. (85 reviews) on May. 31st, 2024
I love teas with a toasted flavor like this. This tea is certainly a great example of a good hojicha. This tea is sweet and thick bodied, slightly astringent in a good way, and of course has that wonderful toasted flavor. The aroma is very nice and also has the toasted smell. This tea is yet another old tea I'm reviewing from 2017, so it may have been even more aromatic when it was fresh. This tea is still for sale on the website and it is very reasonably priced at $31/lb, for how good this tea is I'd say it is a great value and I'd definitely get it again.
89 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5Alex Zorach (1453 reviews) on Feb. 26th, 2018
An excellent roasted twig tea, crisp flavor and complex aroma! Probably my favorite roasted twig tea (i.e. not roasted leaf tea) that I have ever had.
I tend to always like hojicha, but this was one of the more interesting batches I've tried in a while.
This one is a roasted kukicha (twig tea) and the roast looks quite light, with considerable greenish color left in some of the twigs; the dry leaf smelled so strongly, a pleasant roasty aroma with notes of wood, but there was also an off note, that reminded me of fresh acrylic paint. I hope the cup doesn't smell like this!!!
Thankfully, it does not! The cup actually reminds me a little bit of vanilla-flavored coffee, with a strong roasty aroma and notes of vanilla and cream.
Flavor is bold and crisp, surprisingly so. Also, resteeps surprisingly well for a hojicha. Great price too!
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