Although hojicha is different to other Japanese teas such as sencha and gyokuro in color, flavor and natural elements, hojicha also has health benefits. However hojicha’s health benefits are slight...

The biggest difference between hojicha and sencha is that hojicha is a roasted version of bancha or sencha . Roasting means its process gives extra heat to tea leaves and reduces the amounts of cat...

Typical components of "umami" are "glutamic acid", "inosinic acid" and "guanylic acid". The main umami component contained in green tea is theanine. So, is  Hojicha a Japanese tea with much less um...