Looking for a quality houjicha from a good vendor.
Looking for a quality houjicha. Here are my priorities in order:
Direct Sourced
Reputable vendor
Inexpensive (factoring in shipping to US)
Not all of these are necessary, feel free to make any recommendations.
Have you tried Yunomi? The have a variety of houjicha.
Their sugabou hoji is one of the best I have ever had. I usually wait until they have a sale/free shipping offer. Their shipping can get too crazy for me.
https://yunomi.us/shop/6686/hojicha/yamane-en-sugabou-gyokuro-karigane-houjicha-id-6686/
Thank you for recommending a specific houjicha. Any tips on how to stay up to date with sales from Yunomi?
I have an order in with Yunomi as well. It shipped EMS today. They gave me 10% off their Hojicha even though the sale was technically over but I hadn’t noticed that when I emailed them.
Den’s Houji-Kukicha and Karigane Houjicha are my favorites. Though Harney’s hojicha is my go-to as it’s tasty and very inexpensive. I usually stock up during one of their many sales.
Is there a significant difference in quality between the two? How do you find out about the sales? Thanks :)
For the sales, go to Harney.com and sign up for the newsletter. Den’s has a monthly sale as well, so you may want to sign up for their newsletter. Between Den’s houji-kukicha and Harney’s (also a hoji-kukicha) there isn’t a huge difference. But I do prefer the Karigane over the other two. If you haven’t already, I’d recommend getting Den’s starter set http://www.denstea.com/bnew-to-dens-teab-c-377.html They don’t list it, but I got the Hoji-Kukicha in my sampler.
I bought a Hojicha from the EBay vendor Tablinshop in Japan. It was quite good. They carry several different Hojichas.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/High-class-Hojicha-roasted-green-tea-blend-First-flush-Shizuoka-and-Yame-200g-/181667440904?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4c392908
I also recently bought Hojicha from ShiZen Tea which was good too, but I liked the one from EBay better.
Has anyone tried hojicha from O-Cha? Every time I leave anything in my cart there for more than a couple hours, they send a pretty generous coupon to encourage me to go ahead and buy the item. So, I was thinking about trying their hojicha because it’s inexpensive and now I have a coupon that basically covers the cost of shipping. I don’t really see reviews here though.
I have been really happy with what I’ve gotten from O-cha. But, I have only had their various matcha or sincha products. I’ve been consistently ordering from them for about 2 years.
Zen tea has onehttp://www.zentealife.com/collections/green/products/hojicha?variant=812095559
I haven’t personally tried it but the vendor has cheap sample sizes and cheap shipping to the us.
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