Japanese Hojicha Loose Leaf Tea - Organic - 100g - Red Leaf Tea

Freshly picked Bancha green tea leaves are steamed, dried and slowly roasted over low heat to retain their sweet taste and wonderful aroma.

Refreshing and delicious any time of the day. The tea is pale yellow with rich nutty character and cinnamon toast notes.

Hojicha is a relatively new style of green tea, first produced in the 1920s in Kyoto, Japan, when local tea merchants where left with a surplus of lesser quality green tea leaves from the end of the picking season that they were unable to sell, and so decided to try gently roasting the leaves over charcoal to make the tea more desirable. The intense aroma that came from this new variety was so tantalising that the tea became highly sought after and higher quality leaves began to be used to produproduce an even better quality product.

Ingredients: Green tea

Origin: Japan

About the Company

Red Leaf Tea is a boutique tea company bringing the finest quality loose leaf tea to Australian tea lovers. We are passionate about what we do and want to share that passion for tea with you.

Red Leaf Tea was established in 2014 by Marie and Andrew and is now one of Australia's leading providers of high quality loose leaf teas sourced from the world's best tea farms.

Red Leaf Tea only uses the finest teas, herbals and floral ingredients to meticulously craft each of more than 100 blends by hand.

Single origin teas are carefully chosen from the finest tea gardens, traditional teas are prepared with our own unique twist and artisan blends are prepared by our experienced tea master from ingredients sourced from across the globe.

When it comes to the perfect cup of tea, Red Leaf Tea is committed to the enjoyment and indulgence of tea. After experiencing the best teas from across Europe and Asia we wanted to bring that same experience home with us.