Buckwheat tea
Ok so I just tasted this lovely tea: http://steepster.com/teas/mariebelle/16711-dattan-soba-cha-buckwheat-tea
And I was wondering if anyone knows if there’s a difference between buckwheat “tea” and the buckwheat that’s apparently available at healthfood stores: http://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Buckwheat-16-Ounce/dp/B000EDBPZC/ref=wl_mb_wl_huc_clickstream_3_dp
Looks the same to me, but I have no clue.
I had a really good buckwheat tea from Steepster Select. (And I think the tea is roasted.)
Oooh oooh ooooh maybe they have this at the store! http://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Buckwheat-18-Ounce/dp/B000EDI1O0/ref=sr_1_8?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1398417114&sr=1-8&keywords=buckwheat
now I just need to find out if there’s a difference between soba cha and kasha. :)
Most natural food stores have it.
And that may not even be the same part of the plant as is used for tea.
Interesting. If you try this out, please post here and let us know. I’ve never found a buckwheat tea in the stores here but there’s lots of buckwheat around and some roasted too.
Ubacat, you can get buckwheat tea at http://www.patmart.net/pat/. They have several stores in the GTA and specialise in Korean and Japanese foods.
Thanks yyz! I’ve been there before (at your suggestion) picking up sencha and genmaicha. I never noticed any buckwheat tea at the time. Will have to take a second look.
They have it bagged and in a big jar,http://steepster.com/teas/wang-korea/43182-buckwheat-tea and they have a soba cha from maeda- end normally.
Thanks for this discussion guys! I actually went to the PAT Mart earlier today, so here’s what I remember:
They had 1 aisle that said “tea” but contained mostly bagged teas. Barley, buckwheat, various types of herbal, green, etc. HOWEVER, they had a second section for loose-leaf tea a few aisles over.
In that second aisle, I saw at least 2 types of sobacha, 4 types of genmaicha, some houjicha and some sencha. Here are the brands I remember:
The Wang Korea sobacha that yyz mentioned above (http://steepster.com/teas/wang-korea/43182-buckwheat-tea). This was very cheap (about 300g for $5.50) but the jar was so large that I went for the other sobacha on display, which was…
Ito-en Dattan Soba Cha: http://steepster.com/teas/ito-en/17240-sobacha (Unfortunately, this was much more expensive, but it was still cheaper than getting a package of the same size from Yunomi.us)
Genmaicha:
Maeda-en Genmaicha: http://steepster.com/teas/maeda-en/2491-genmai-cha-brown-rice-tea-traditional-series
Maeda-en Gold Genmaicha: http://steepster.com/teas/maeda-en/2493-gold-genmai-cha-brown-rice-tea-traditional-series
Tokuyo Genmaicha: http://steepster.com/teas/nishimoto-trading-co-dot-ltd/31253-tokuyo-genmaicha
Macchairi Genmaicha: http://steepster.com/teas/shirakiku/35660-macchairi-genmaicha
I seriously considered getting some of these packages, but they were so large – the smallest was 150g. I didn’t want to buy a huge package like that only to find I didn’t like it.
Also, that shop had some very nice tea supplies. Matcha bowls, whisks for $12, and some ludicrously cheap cast-iron teapots ($30!).
Which location did you go to Christina? The Mississauga one usually doesn’t have that much tea ware so I’m curious.
I went to the one on Bloor a bit west of Bathurst. I don’t normally go to that part of town, though. Apparently there’s a location very close to me in Scarborough, but the reviews on Yelp are not very positive.
I roast my own buckwheat for sobacha, it tastes the same as the fancy store bought stuff :) according to this website they say it is the same as Kasha http://www.healwithfood.org/health-benefits/tartary-buckwheat-tea.php
Bought 11 ounces of Kasha (roasted buckwheat) in the bulk section of the health food store for $2.50. Soooo cheap!! I would have gotten more, but I wasn’t sure if it would taste the same and in any case I don’t want it to go stale. :P The smell is stronger (probably fresher), the grains are much larger, the color of the liquor is more orange in color, but the TASTE is the same! :) So glad they had it.
http://steepster.com/teas/steepster/45166-soba-cha-deep-roast
This is the one I tried and LOVED
Hmmm…I wonder if I can find the sugar cookie sleigh ride this late?
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