First impression
A warm roasted aroma that feels more comforting than green or grassy.
Nekko's selected hojicha
Chaginza Houjicha - roasted hojicha (100 g)
Our roasted hojicha: soft warmth, rounded body, and a calm cup with almost no bitterness.
Price
199 kr
A tea for late afternoons, evenings, and moments that need a slower pace.
Roasted aroma with low bitterness
Soft body and gentle sweetness
Especially good when you want something warm without sharpness
- Origin
- Japan
- Net weight
- 100 g
- Brewing
- 3 gram (ca en rågad tesked), 100°C, 30-60 sekunder
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About the product
The details behind the taste
Chaginza Houjicha is an unusual hojicha made from the stems of Chaginza's green tea. It resembles kukicha in raw material and feel but is roasted in the same style as a classic hojicha.
The roasting results in an amber-coloured cup with soft warmth, low astringency, and aromas leaning towards roasted grains, nuts, and mild caramel. The stems make the expression lighter and airier than a leaf-based hojicha, without losing the roasted character.
Brew Chaginza Houjicha with 3 grams of tea, 100°C water, and a steeping time of 30-60 seconds. It tolerates hot water better than many green teas and becomes smooth in the cup without quickly turning bitter.
Drink it with rice dishes, roasted food, dark chocolate, fika (coffee break), or as a calming evening cup when you want a roasted Japanese tea with warmth, clear aroma, and a smooth finish.
Our hojicha
Chosen to make evening tea feel obvious.
When we choose a roasted tea for the range, it has to serve a clear purpose. Hojicha does exactly that: it brings warmth and aroma without feeling sharp, and makes it easy to choose tea even later in the day.
That is why it belongs at Nekko Kitchen. Not as an alternative to sencha, but as the quieter voice in the range: darker in tone, softer in expression, and easy to live with.
In the cup
Roasted warmth, low sharpness.
In practice, the cup feels soft, rounded, and calm. The aromas lean toward toasted wood, grain, and a light nuttiness, while bitterness and astringency stay low.
Mid-palate
The body is rounded and soft, with light sweetness and a discreet touch of umami.
Finish
The cup fades out cleanly and gently, with very low bitterness and almost no sharpness.
When it fits
For quieter hours, not for speed.
Hojicha works especially well when you want tea to lower the pace rather than sharpen attention.
- As an evening tea when you want something warm but gentle.
- As a soft pause in the middle of the afternoon.
- As a tea to serve with something simple and savory, without the flavor taking over.
Nekko Kitchen
Chosen with direction.
This hojicha is selected to give the range a softer, darker direction: roasted, calm, and especially easy to return to later in the day. It adds warmth, not just variation.
Why it tastes this way
Roasting shifts the flavor.
Hojicha often begins as sencha or bancha, but becomes something quite different once the leaves are roasted over high heat.
The aroma moves from green to roasted
Roasting shifts the expression from fresh plant character toward warmer notes of grain, wood, and nuttiness.
Less bitterness and astringency
The process creates a softer cup where tannins and sharpness feel lower than in many other Japanese green teas.
How we drink it
A habit for later in the day.
This is a tea that is easy to return to when you want presence without intensity.
Drink it warm in a slightly larger cup when you want the aroma to open up.
Let it sit beside something simple to eat, like toasted rice, crackers, or something lightly savory.
It works especially well in the evening when you want to end the day with something soft rather than energizing.
Practical
The practical, gathered in one place.
Here you will find the practical information: flavor profile, specifications, brewing, and storage.
Flavor Profile
Aroma
5/5
Astringency
1/5
Umami
2/5
Sweetness
3/5
Body
4/5
Specifications
- Ingredients
- 100% grön te (houjicha)
- Origin
- Japan
- Net Weight
- 100 g
Brewing Instructions
- Dosage
- 3 gram (ca en rågad tesked)
- Temperature
- 100°C
- Steeping Time
- 30-60 sekunder
Storage
Rumstemperatur. Oöppnad förpackning håller i 12 månader från tillverkningsdatum. Japanskt te är en färskvara som är mycket känslig för syre, fukt, starka dofter, värme och ljus. För att bevara den unika aromen och de subtila smaknyanserna bör du förvara teet i en lufttät behållare på en sval och mörk plats. När du väl har öppnat påsen rekommenderar vi att du njuter av teet inom 3 veckor. Då är smaken som allra mest levande och karaktärsfull.