Hojicha and Genmaicha Drinks: Warm or Cold?

You want a drink other than matcha while staying with Japanese flavors. Hojicha tea, a roasted Japanese green tea also sold as leaves, brings a toasted note; genmaicha combines green tea and roasted rice. Warm lattes, hot chocolate, and cold drinks prepare them in different ways. If you'd rather cook with these teas, Japanese tea recipes lead to pastries or a savory rice bowl.

Choose the tea and serving temperature before the tool. A warm latte isn't made the same way as a cold smoothie.

Which hojicha and genmaicha drinks should you choose?

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  The roasted rice flavor comes through in a genmaicha latte, made with warm oat drink in nine minutes.
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  Without chocolate, a hojicha latte carries roasted notes into warm milk in nine minutes.
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  Two separately mixed tea bases make a matcha and hojicha latte if you want both teas in one cup.
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  When cocoa should lead the first sip, hojicha hot chocolate lets the roasted tea follow.
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  Served over ice cubes, an iced hojicha latte keeps the roasted note in cold milk.
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  Frozen banana and pumpkin purée thicken a hojicha smoothie, ready in seven minutes without cooking.

What if you want to cook with these teas?

For something to eat by the spoon or slice, Japanese tea pastries range from custard to tart. A savory rice bowl calls instead for genmaicha ochazuke, with hot tea poured over it.