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Dark Roast vs Light Roast Hojicha – How Roasting Times and Temperatures Affect Flavour Profile
Hey Everyone! Today’s post is all about Hojicha which is a tea a lot of people associate with this time of the year so I thought that now was the best time to do this post and assist those of you out there who love hojicha in learning more about what goes into creating it…
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Insights Into The Japanese Tea Industry – Japanese Green Tea Co (Q&A)
I’m finally back today with the next installment of the Insights Into The Japanese Tea Industry series and our featured Japanese tea company this week is The Japanese Green Tea Co. If you’ve been reading my blog for a good while you’ll probably recognize that name from a post I did reviewing 22K Gold Leaf…
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Hojicha Powder | A Great Low Caffeine Matcha Alternative
Happy Matcha Monday Everyone! You all know that I love Matcha and that I love to prepare it traditionally as often as I can, but I can sadly only have one bowl a day because more than that and it will react too harshly with the medication I am on for my chronic migraines. So…
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What is Batabatacha? – A Traditional Japanese Herbal Blend & A Fermented Tea
Not too long ago now I was able to purchase(*) Batabatacha through Yunomi. I took a risk with this blend because I had never tried anything like this before, but I’m always looking to learn more about Japanese tea traditions and to try them out for myself so I wanted to give it a go…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 15 | Shizuoka
Sadly the last day of the Japanese Tea Marathon has come and gone (I’m a day late to posting this because I had my first covid jab yesterday) but just because yesterday was the last day of the marathon, it didn’t mean that the session wasn’t just as jam packed and informative as the ones…