Origin

Japan

Asia

Caffeine Level (mg/1g)

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41+

Description

Superior Miyazaki Hojicha – Luxury Pan-Fired Roasted Green Tea

Superior Miyazaki Hojicha is an excellent Japanese roasted tea from Gokase Town in Miyazaki Prefecture. It's made from a selection of ichibancha (first-flush) stems and leaves, lightly roasted using the traditional pan-fired method to create a hojicha of exceptionally fine quality, with an outstanding aroma and the smoothest, sweet-toasted flavor.

Its fine aromatics come from a combination of pan-firing and roasting the leaves — a process that produces an aroma quite different from hojicha made from steamed leaves. We find this results in a truly superior cup: more refreshing, more lively and a little flowery, without any excessive smokiness or heavy roast.

Tasting Notes

Aroma: sweet, toasty and lightly floral
Flavor: smooth, sweet roasted notes with a touch of green
Character: refreshing, lively and never overly smoky
Finish: silky, sweet-toasted nectar

Why You'll Love It

On the palate, this tea is a complete purist's delight — as smooth as you can imagine, with a bouquet of sweetly roasted flavors and a hint of green. Roasting naturally lowers its caffeine, making it a wonderful choice for afternoons, evenings and after meals.

From Gokase Town, Miyazaki
Made from first-flush leaves and stems
Traditionally pan-fired and roasted
Naturally lower in caffeine

How to Enjoy

Enjoy it plain after dinner or in the evening as a soothing, toasty cup. It also makes a delicious hojicha latte with steamed milk and a touch of honey, and it's refreshing served iced in summer. Pair it with Japanese sweets, grilled dishes and chocolate desserts.

Smooth, sweet and beautifully refined, Superior Miyazaki Hojicha is hojicha at its very best.

1-1.5 TSP or 1 BAG

200ml

80°C

1.5 - 2 min

Details

Preparation:

Use 1-1.5 TSP or 1 BAG per 200ml of water at 80°C and steep for 1.5-2 min.

Ingredients:

Green tea

Reviews

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Kim Cousineau

May 2026

Rich, smoky, toasty flavor. I steep for 1 min 30sec and each time, it's perfection in a cup.

Pavelo Breit

September 2025

While I am more of a green tea guy, I am really enjoying this roasty and nutty Hojicha. Somehow I can see this being a great fit for the winter, and offering a change from my typical green or oolong tea.

Chris Boyer

December 2024

This tea has a lovely toasty, grassy, nutty character with only a little astringency. Perfect for unwinding after dinner. It will definitely become one of my go-to types of tea for relaxing in the evening.

Shannon Brown

September 2024

One of my daily, regular teas and not too fussy to brew. I use 1 heaping TBSP for about 10oz water and steep about 2 minutes. (Note: for me, a steep over 3:30 minutes starts to get astringent. Thee tea is almost better in the second and third infusions.

This tea is truly unique as a green tea but very pleasant. The taste and aroma are hard to describe accurately but you-know-you-like-it-when-you-taste-it. The taste has hints of nice green tea but the toasting adds an additional complexity--not smoky but a richer flavor as in grilling vegetables. There is just something there that is unique and pleasant. Note, this is NOT the toasted-rice flavor of Imperial Gyokuro Genmaicha and nothing like Genmaicha.
Nice tea for afternoons or late morning. Nice transition from a morning coffee.

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Jordan Leblanc

March 2023

Very tasty. Smells like roasted hay, tastes much better. Lovely roasted notes, faint smokiness, rich and nutty with a slight savoriness that reminds me of roasted seaweed. Highly recommended.

Phillip Matthews

June 2022

When I first opened a packet of this tea I was surprised by the pale colour. I've had many different types of roasted green tea and this one is by far the lightest in colour. However... the taste is better than any other Hojicha by a mile. This one is rich and nutty, and the colour of the tea is good too, golden even on the third brew. If you can get organic Hojicha as good as this why would you buy anything else?

Nikita Dyer

September 2021

Lovely roasted flavour with notes of honey and a subtle nuttiness, and hay. More than I expected out of this tea, its delicious, and beautifully low in caffiene which allows me to enjoy it further into the night than I usually drink tea.

Roo H

April 2018

A great choice for an afternoon or evening pot - low caffeine level combined with lovely sweet, nutty, maple syrup flavours. Makes a very good iced tea in summer, and again as the caffeine level is low you can slug it all afternoon with impunity.

June 2016

A new favorite! Rich roast flavor, smoky.

Christie Lee

March 2016

Wonderful and strong tasting roasted kuki hojicha (meaning "stems"), floral, fragrant, and delicious. I highly recommend this beautiful tea!

Sascha Uncia

February 2024

Very interesting tea. The smell.. isn't the best, but it tastes pretty good. It's smokey with a strong toasty/nutty flavour. I think I prefer regular green teas but Hojicha is fine too.

The first infusion is gold-amber and subsequent infusions are more of a deep/reddish-amber; The intense aroma and taste mellow out in subsequent infusions, I personally like these infusions better than the first.

This Hojicha is also extremely light, you will find that you get a very large volume of tea in 50g. My 50g pack was about enough to fill a 2C mason jar, making this tea very budget friendly.

Lea

November 2025

it's all sticks and tastes like coffee

Donna Tang

August 2020

Let's say... TOO delicate. The flavor is much to faint even when using more tea leaves than directed.

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