Medium Roast Summer Hojicha

This Hojicha offers a comforting aroma with distinct cocoa nuances and a delightful sweetness. Its elegant character is enhanced by a pronounced roasted depth, making it incredibly smooth with very li. It leans roasted, sweet and cocoa.

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, Japan from the Yabukita cultivar. This batch is from the Summer harvest. The leaves got a medium roast after picking.

Starts at $14.29 from Yuko Ono, or about $0.06/g. A 6g package gets you around 1 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.36 per session. Explore more green teas on Teadar.