Heavy Roast Green Tea Bags

This Houjicha offers a comforting profile of deeply roasted notes, reminiscent of toasted hazelnut and burnt sugar, with just a whisper of smoke. Its light body and naturally low caffeine make it an i. It leans roasted, nutty and sweet.

Water around 70–80 °C (158–176 °F). In a mug, steep 2–3 min. For gongfu, use 3–5 g per 100 ml, 15–30 s steeps. You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. The biggest mistake with green tea is using boiling water. Keep it well below that and you won't get bitterness.

Grown in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan from the Blend cultivar. This batch is from the 2025 harvest. The leaves got a heavy roast after picking.

Starts at $18.00 from Kettl, or about $0.50/g. A 36g package gets you around 6 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $3.00 per session. Explore more green teas on Teadar.