Kaga-Boucha (Japanese Roasted Twig Tea), 0.91 oz

Name: Kaga-Boucha (Japanese Roasted Twig Tea), 0.91 oz
Brand: Chanomi Nakama
SKU: UMCR08101(A050)
Price: 8.9 USD
Availability: InStock

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Kaga-Boucha is a specialty tea in the Kaga province where the ancient city, Kanazawa, is located. This aromatic and elegant roasted green tea is made with twigs from the first or second flush of green tea. Tea twigs generally have more sweetness and far less bitterness and astringency than leaves. In Kaga they roast the twigs slowly at low temperatures in order to draw out the beautiful qualities of the twigs. These Kaga-Boucha teabags allows you to appreciate the twig tea’s clean taste and gentle toasty aroma with a sweet bouquet, which is sure to relax you. You can enjoy it hot and cold. Kaga-Boucha comes with 13 individual tea bags.

How to use Kaga-Boucha (Japanese Roasted Twig Tea):

Put one teabag of Kaga-Boucha into a teacup or mug, gently add 90-150 ml (3-5 oz) hot water, and let it steep for about one minute. You can enjoy a second brew from the same bag as well. If you’d try a cold brew, use 350-500 ml (12-17 oz) cold water for one teabag and let it steep for about three hours.

Ingredients:

Green Tea (Houjicha).

Sweet and delicious

Such a nice taste of sweet and tangy. My daughter enjoys it straight from the bag as a snack.

If Sriracha and yuzu koshou had a baby, this sauce is probably it. there's a faint, pleasant fermented note (not unlike kimchi), accented by strong citrus notes. The spiciness is mellow and there's a good bit of salt in there. Great for marination for grilled pork and stir fries. Also has great synergy with lighter Asian soup/noodle/stew dishes. We've decided to retire our shichimitogarashi after receiving this. Really good buy

It's clearly made with the same milling process as regular matcha and so behaves the same way. Unless you're a matcha connoisseur, you probably can't tell this isn't matcha, especially if it's in a matcha latte. It's got the same color and same grassy notes. It does lack the bitterness and unami flavors of matcha. I'd say it's a totally acceptable replacement.

We love ponzu but due to soy allergy in our child, we've had to give that up. We were skeptical of this at first but we're sold. Collectively we like it more than regular ponzu. It's been great with pork shabu as a dipping sauce, works wonderfully as a salad dressing, and also great for a light broth for somen or chazuke. Super versatile and really lovely and refreshing.

Flavor 4.8/5
It smells exactly like soy sauce, but is less salty, hence docking off the 0.2 points. It has the same flavors and umami but a deeper aftertaste.

Coconut aminos may work for stir fries, but if you're east asian and make braised dishes, you genuinely need real soy sauce. We've had to avoid soy due to milk and soy protein allergies in our child, and this has worked for all our dishes (sukiyaki don, braised pork rice, beef noodles etc.)

Our only gripe is that they don't sell it in a bigger bottle, and since it's less salty than regular soy sauce, you need to use more per dish.

Kaga-Boucha (Japanese Roasted Twig Tea), 0.91 oz

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