Tea type
Green Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Roasty, Toasted, Roasted
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Caffeine
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Average preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 2 min, 15 sec 9 oz / 257 ml

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  • “TeaTiff TTB #19 This was a pleasant, if slightly boring, bagged hojicha. Plenty of the toasty, roasty flavor I was expecting, but it came across a bit thin and lacking in depth.” Read full tasting note
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  • “Skysamurai’s TTB Thank you! Hojicha. My first encounter. Again, I just think so. Tea #9 Not boiling water. But hot enough. Tea bag is waiting next to the cup. Now, it’s in the cup. Steeping is...” Read full tasting note
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  • “2021 Homemade Advent Calendar Swap – Day 9 From Skysamurai. I decided to make a latte with today’s Advent tea, so I’m not sure if it’s a true representation of the tea itself (since I added some...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Sipdown. I didn’t care for this hojicha. It was very dusty, and the leaves were incredibly broken. I tried making a few different cups, and they were all so roasty that I couldn’t really taste...” Read full tasting note
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From Japanese Green Tea Co.

Roasted Tea (Hojicha ほうじ茶 – A.K.A houjicha) has less caffeine than steamed green tea. Based on how the tea is roasted (temperature, duration, etc), we were able to retain more catechin than other hojicha in the market.

This is a teabag version of our popular hojicha roasted tea. A total of 50 tea bags are in the package, and inside the tea bag is the exact same high-quality popular hojicha loose leaf tea. (Click here to view loose leaf version)

Freshly harvested premium quality tea is roasted carefully in porcelain over charcoal for maximum flavor.

Hojicha has lower caffeine and less bitter than other tea, it is good to take at night for relaxation. Because of the low level of caffeine and soft taste, it is safe and food tea for kids and the pregnant woman

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4 Tasting Notes

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TeaTiff TTB #19

This was a pleasant, if slightly boring, bagged hojicha. Plenty of the toasty, roasty flavor I was expecting, but it came across a bit thin and lacking in depth.

Flavors: Roasty, Toasted

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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Skysamurai’s TTB Thank you!

Hojicha. My first encounter. Again, I just think so.

Tea #9
Not boiling water. But hot enough. Tea bag is waiting next to the cup. Now, it’s in the cup. Steeping is rather short. Maybe the two minutes mark as Shae did.

Results: roasty. It actually reminds me an Chinese oolong from Sea Dyke Company that I have at work. It’s not bad, but I have been expecting more I think? I can see potential in hojicha, but this was not the best, which I have expected. But it is so mediocre. It was just an okay drink.

Flavors: Roasty

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 10 OZ / 300 ML

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2170 tasting notes

2021 Homemade Advent Calendar Swap – Day 9
From Skysamurai.

I decided to make a latte with today’s Advent tea, so I’m not sure if it’s a true representation of the tea itself (since I added some tasty additions). I steeped the tea bag in a small amount of water, sweetened with honey, added frothed milk, and topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon. It was delicious! I can’t say for sure if this was an exceptional hojicha or if I just like hojicha lattes in general, but I loved this one.

Flavors: Roasted

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 0 sec 4 OZ / 118 ML

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Sipdown. I didn’t care for this hojicha. It was very dusty, and the leaves were incredibly broken. I tried making a few different cups, and they were all so roasty that I couldn’t really taste anything else.

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