“Upgraded to this from the grocery store Maeda-En hojicha I used to drink. There was nothing wrong with it, in fact it’s one of the best commercial green teas out there, but I wondered if I could...” Read full tasting note
“After brewing, the oils visibly shift on the surface of the cuppa. The aroma is exemplar of hojicha, sweet and floral, almost fruity. Very strong, so much that it wanders about the room. It has an...” Read full tasting note
A superior first flush organic hojicha green tea from Kagoshima that is made, not from late harvest leaves as so many hojicha are, but instead from first harvest spring leaves and a small percentage of stems.
Organic hojicha made from first harvest leaf material is not all that uncommon in Japan. In fact, the organic growers we deal with pretty much always present first harvest hojicha in their tea range because they know it offers vastly superior taste and aroma to the very cheap late harvest hojicha teas on the market.
This one is certainly no exception to the above rule, and has a very delicious distinctive sweet-roast taste and aroma, and is not bitter, astringent, smokey, or flat at all. Can be enjoyed year round, but is especially nice and comforting in the fall or winter months. It can also be prepared and enjoyed cold during the summertime!
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