Azuma Tea Garden: Roasted Tencha Hojicha Powder Azuma Tea Garden

Azuma Tea Garden’s unique product, Hojicha powder, is made by roasting the tencha (not sencha), type of tea used to make matcha. After roasting the tencha, it is processed into powder, just like matcha. Most hojicha powder is made from hojicha (roasted rolled leaves usually from large bancha 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: Blended
• Harvest: Spring late cutting, spring tencha stems, and summer tencha.
• Region: Wazuka, Kyoto

About The Azuma Tea Garden

The Azuma family specializes in growing tencha, the leaves used for creating matcha, in addition to other types of green, black, and oolong teas. In the process of certifying tea fields as organic, they are shifting cultivation of their fields to pesticide free practices.

Based in Wazuka, Kyoto, Japan, the family has also recently built their own matcha grinding factory becoming fully vertically integrated as a producer.