The market · Herbs and aromatics · East Asia
Hojicha
Japanese green tea roasted over charcoal until brown: low in bitterness and caffeine, nutty and toasty, and lovely with milk.
roasted · nutty · low in bitterness
If you can't find it
Japanese grocers and tea shops, as loose leaf or powder.
- Roast it in a dry pan until brown and nutty-smellingYou lose some depth — but it's how hojicha is made.
Goes with
Cooked with, here
How much, here
What cooks here have learned
“Hojicha for the green tea”Knowing it
- Where to buy
- Japanese grocers and tea shops, loose or in bags; it keeps better than green tea, but still loses its roast over months.
- Worth knowing
- It brews well hot or cold, and its roast stands up to mezcal and aged spirits in a punch where green tea would disappear.
