When I find myself craving a pot of tea in the late afternoon like today, I always turn to hojicha, a Japanese roasted green tea, that is supposed to be very light and low in caffeine. I agree the very light part, but not sure about its low caffeine content as I am always having a hard time falling asleep after sipping hojicha in the evening. I guess it's just me being extremely sensitive to caffeine. I read hojicha is normally served to children and elderly in the hospitals in Japan.
Hojicha that I brewed today was from Yuuki-Cha. I always loved sniffing the aroma of the dry leaf. Its light smoky fragrant reminded me of the aroma of the banana leaf used to wrap lemper, an Indonesian snack made of sticky rice and chicken. My preferred brewing vessel for this hojicha is a ceramic teapot - its spout was pictured on this post -, it's a part of a set that was gifted to me by a group of very kind Japanese women in Miyanoshita in 1991. For some odd reasons, the brew from this ceramic pot always came out very mild, smooth and sweet. Just a lovely cup of tea to sip.
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