"stePH" writes:

S. Chancellor wrote:
And if you know also, what is the difference between Sencha and Hojicha?

Sencha is a good Japanese green tea, higher in quality than Bancha (an
everyday-drinking green tea in Japan).

Houjicha is Bancha that's been pan-roasted (wok-roasted?) to a brown
color. I find it has an almost Oolong-like flavor -- I like it.

And you didn't ask, but Kukicha is mostly twigs and stems from the tea
plant.

I can't endorse that "mostly". You can buy kukicha that's mostly
leaf, and the leaf can come from vintages as lofty as sencha, or even,
some vendors say, gyokuro.

/Lew
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