#0738.S2 Yokota Tea Garden #01: Kuki (Stems) Hojicha, Summer Harvest from Sayama, Saitama Net Weight:100g / 3.5 oz known for its high level

known for its high level of hardness (7

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2nd steeping

This tea can is wrapped in a washi paper and holds approximately 175 grams of sencha tea leaves

#0738.S2 Yokota Tea Garden #01: Kuki (Stems) Hojicha, Summer Harvest from Sayama, Saitama Net Weight:100g / 3.5 oz known for its high levelPerhaps you are familiar with a hojicha but exactly is a kuki hojicha? A kukicha (twig tea), or stem tea, is made with parts of the tea plant that is usually not used for making the most common type of green tea such as sencha. So, this tea from Yokota Tea Garden is a roasted stem tea, and specifically with stems stalks coming from their summer harvest in Sayama, Saitama prefecture. Lightly smoky and earthy in flavor, and low in caffeine due to the