I was super excited to try a flavored hojicha. I think I’ve only tried one other and really liked it. This one is just okay. The sip is a little flat. I don’t get any maple in the sip, just a roasted cardboard taste that slowly changes to a roasted hojicha flavor. The finish is more complex with some maple. Sweetening this didn’t change the flavors at all. I’m going to have to play with the steeping parameters because I want to believe there is a better cup in there.
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I have never had a flavored hojicha. Interesting ^^
There is one I found from Lupicia called Hatsune and it was really good. It had a nice apricot cinnamon taste. I’ve only ever seen it at the Paris Lupicia store. :(
TeaSource had a maple houjicha loooooooooong ago… that they only carried for a year, and never again. It was great though! Since the tea aged pretty harshly from me trying to “horde” it, in the end I had to make it as a latte with added maple syrup since the flavors had faded a lot.
I hate it when hoarding goes bad!
I love this tea – it was the first tea I tried from them, and they are one of my top 5 most regularly purchased from tea companies. Sorry to hear this didn’t hit the spot!
Am I using the same steeping parameters that you are, Tiffany?
I have never had a flavored hojicha. Interesting ^^
There is one I found from Lupicia called Hatsune and it was really good. It had a nice apricot cinnamon taste. I’ve only ever seen it at the Paris Lupicia store. :(
TeaSource had a maple houjicha loooooooooong ago… that they only carried for a year, and never again. It was great though! Since the tea aged pretty harshly from me trying to “horde” it, in the end I had to make it as a latte with added maple syrup since the flavors had faded a lot.
I hate it when hoarding goes bad!
I love this tea – it was the first tea I tried from them, and they are one of my top 5 most regularly purchased from tea companies. Sorry to hear this didn’t hit the spot!
Am I using the same steeping parameters that you are, Tiffany?