Asamiya Hojicha Powder

This hojicha powder is made from first-harvest tea leaves that have been carefully roasted and finely ground. It has a gentle roasted sweetness with almost no bitterness, making it especially well suited for hojicha lattes and desserts. The flavor shows best when prepared with milk or used in sweets.

Chanomiyagura is based in the Asamiya district of Shigaraki in Shiga Prefecture, home to Asamiya-cha, one of Japan’s five great historic teas and a tea-growing region with over 1,200 years of history. Set on cool mountain slopes around 400 meters in elevation, Asamiya is known for its frequent mist and wide temperature shifts, conditions that help produce teas with a clear aroma and deep, lasting flavor.

Shigaraki is long known for its Shigaraki-yaki pottery, and tea and ceramics have developed side by side here as part of everyday tea culture. Chanomiyagura grows and produces tea from their own fields, carrying on the long tradition of Asamiya tea in a quiet mountain region where tea has been cultivated for centuries.

Location: Asamiya, Shiga
Taste Profile: Toasty Caramel, Delicate Cocoa, Roasted Nut
Cultivar: Blended
Steaming Level : Light (Asamushi)
Harvest Method: Machine-harvested

Umami: ◾
Sweetness: ◾◾◾
Astringency: ◾
Aroma: ◾◾◾◾◾

Best for: Hojicha lattes and desserts, when you want a gentle roasted sweetness that pairs naturally with milk and sweets.

Hojicha Latte Recipe
- 3 g hojicha powder
- 8 g sugar
- 150 ml milk (hot or cold)
- Mix the hojicha powder and sugar first, then gradually add the milk while stirring until smooth. Also works well with oat milk or soy milk

30g