The nutty, roasted flavour of the houjicha is a great base for this blend as it has the warmth and substance that you’d need for strong, spicy flavours like these. It’s not quite gingerbread for me – it needs more molasses flavour I think to get to that point. Even so, I found myself enjoying this tea, it’s a nice blend for drinking on cold days.
Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C
2 min, 45 sec
1 tsp
12 OZ / 354 ML
I really felt the houjicha base here was amazing.