Dobashien Tea #18: Kakegawa Series: Premium Shizuoka Hojicha Roasted Green Tea 特上ほうじ茶 100g Dobashien Tea Company

The nice aspect about hojicha is that you do not have to pay careful attention to the temperature of the boiling water, which allows anyone to enjoy it easily. As long as you steep it with boiling water, you will end up with a tasty cup of hojicha. Additionally, when you open the tea bag, when you go to steep the tea, when you go to drink your hojicha or afterwards, you feel an instant sense of relief and comfort. This may be due to the roasty and comforting aroma from the hojicha which contains the fragrant ingredient with the relaxing effect of “pyrazine (produced when adding heat to tea leaves). Hojicha contains this pyrazine abundantly.

Product Info

• Name: Dobashien: Imperial Shizuoka Hojicha Roasted Green Tea, Kakegawa
  
• Japanese name: 特上ほうじ茶 100g
  
• Ingredients: Hojicha Roasted Green Tea
• Net weight: 100g / 3.52 oz (sample sized packed by Yunomi)
• Region: Shizuoka

Vendor Info

In 1892, Dobashien’s founder Tetsugoro Dobashi established a small tea shop in a quiet residential district on the outskirts of Tokyo. As the city expanded, the area known as Akasaka-Mitsuke became one of the city’s elite districts with ryotei, luxury Japanese restaurants, hosting meetings between powerful politicians. At these ryotei, only the best tea leaves from Shizuoka and other parts of Japan are served.

• Name: Dobashien Tea Company
• Established: 1892
• Location: 3-17-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052