Kiroku Tea Garden: Yabukita Single Cultivar Hojicha Powder Kiroku Tea Garden

Kiroku Tea Garden’s hojicha powder is made by grinding their spring yabukita cultivar hojicha roasted green tea leaves.

The rich, roasty flavor can be enjoyed for simply drinking it as hojicha, or can be used as a flavoring when making cake, ice cream, or other sweets.

Uses 100% Wazuka (Kyoto) grown tea. No artificial coloring, preservative, or chemical additives.

Instructions

Tea: 2g (about 1 tsp). Water: 90C/194F, 200 ml. Also good for baking, or mix hot milk in for a latte.

Product Info

• Name: Hojicha Roasted Green Tea Powder
• Japanese name: ほうじ茶パウダー
• Ingredients: Green Tea
• Net weight: 100 grams
• Cultivar: Yabukita
• Harvest: Spring late cutting.
• Region: Wazuka, Kyoto

About Kiroku Tea Garden

The 4th generation Kiroku Tea Garden is in the heart of Wazuka, Kyoto prefecture, an area whose mountain tea fields and undulating terraced slopes thick with fog make perfect tea-growing conditions. Founded nearly 100 years ago, before cars and farming machinery were available, their mountain fields were cleared by hand by the Great-Grandfather of sisters Megumi and Ui Hori.

Today, with their mother, the sisters find themselves in the unusual position of being a farm entirely owned and operated by women. After the passing of their father, the three women took over the running of the farm to continue their family’s legacy, one that began in these fields all those years ago. In the male-dominated tea agriculture and production industry, their efforts are a challenge to the status quo. At Yunomi, we are proud to support their dedication. To learn more about the Kiroku Tea Garden, please check out our interview with Ui Hori (posted April 2021).