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Green tea with roasted rice is a popular drink in Japan, but it’s unusual to see a blend with Hojicha, the roasted green tea. We’ll admit we were a little worried: roasted tea and roasted rice…had we gone too far? Is there such a thing as too much roasting? Thankfully our fears were unfounded: this tasty blend is just roasty enough. It’s sweet, nutty and perfectly balanced. We love it served hot, but for a real treat try it over ice – it’s totally refreshing and surprisingly addictive.
Ingredients: Hojicha green tea from China, roasted rice.
Dry Leaf Nose: A dark and toasty aroma of roasted rice and roasted tea.
Liquor: Rich pure brown, clear to semi opaque liquor with a dark and toasty aroma.
Flavour: Prevailing notes of toasty rice and grain note. The roasted green tea brings some natural and welcomed bitter notes, while the rice adds a sweet finish that rounds the cup.
Need more tea! I love toasted rice! And I think Houjicha is a bit underappreciated. This is a good combo! Roasted and savory. It’s also a bit sweet. Very comforting tea. I do feel like classic genmaicha tastes better though.
I love Hojicha and I love Genmai Cha, so I thought I’d really enjoy this. And I did, but not as much as I’d hoped. It could have been that it was 12am and I’d had way too much to drink at a party or that I was beat tired trying to watch a less than stellar SNL, but either way, it was only so so. It had a nice butteriness to it, but was missing the slight salty roasty flavor I love in my Hojicha. I’ll try it again before rating it. Maybe with a little less prefunking.
I was in the mood for green tea this morning so I got this to go from the store. This definitely has that roasted did-I-make-this-with-water-out-of-the-coffee-maker-? taste. It’s not always my favorite, but this morning it hit the spot. I needed the roasty jolt. It has vegetal undertones, which I love in a great tea. There was also nice, light, buttery aftertaste. Got a little two bitter because I vastly over-steeped. Going to do a second steeping now.
I was a little worried since the girl at my normal store said this tasted like burnt toast but I found a store that had it and got 20g anyway. I was actually pleasantly surprised. I love genmaicha and this was slightly roastier and toastier than the genmaicha, but certainly not bad by any means.
Overall I think I’d prefer the genmaicha but I could see myself purchasing this in smaller amounts to enjoy.
I used to be a green tea on the daily type of girl until I discovered DAVIDsTEA. Genmaicha and Sencha were my go tos! So after all these fun flavored teas for the past few months, I decided to bring some of this home. Boy, am I ever in love. It’s roasty toasty and is everything I enjoyed about Gemaicha with more!
If you like Genmaicha, I recommend this version as well :) I can see this being part of my daily greens when I am in need of a get away from flavoured tea.
Everyone who is reading this who has access to a DAVIDs go and try this. I am not generally a straight green tea drinker but felt like something toasty and different when I stopped at work to drop my coat off being meeting my Uncle for lunch.
I added literally a drop of honey to this and fell in love the second I tried it. sadly I was busy catching up with my uncle and let the cup oversteep and cool before finishing it but this has been instantly added to my regular routine.
I bought Genmai Hojicha the other day when I asked the guy working at Davids Tea to give me a few teas which I probably wouldn’t buy otherwise. This was one of them. Green tea, with rice? Definitely something I wouldn’t have tried otherwise, but I’m glad that I asked for the guys suggestions!
The rice surprisingly adds a lot to the taste of this tea. The roasted green tea leaves are interesting enough, but the the roasted rice adds a really unique flavour. The tea is naturally a bit bitter, so it’s not for you if you like sweet teas. The rice balances it out a little bit, but the bitterness of the green tea is more pronounced. The toasty taste and smell of Genmai Hojicha makes for a very satisfying experience, it seems like the perfect tea to drink next to a wood stove fire.
I love the taste of this tea. It’s clean and refreshing. Lately though, I find I get a tingly mouth and scratchy throat. I wonder if it’s possible that I’m allergic to this tea? I sure hope not. Not giving up on it just yet.
