Shio-koji (Japanese fermented condiment) Recipe

Shio-koji (Japanese fermented condiment) Recipe

Sachiko Murata
What's shio-koji? Shio-koji is a Japanese fermented condiment made from koji rice ,salt and water. You might've heard the word "shio-koji" as it is...
Shio-koji (Japanese fermented condiment) Recipe

Shio-koji (Japanese fermented condiment) Recipe

Sachiko Murata
What's shio-koji? Shio-koji is a Japanese fermented condiment made from koji rice ,salt and water. You might've heard the word "shio-koji" as it is...
Vegan Matcha Ice Cream Recipe

Vegan Matcha Ice Cream Recipe

Sachiko Murata
Such creamy and dreamy bliss! A thick decadent matcha ice cream has arrived, but it's also dairy-free , also egg-free! It's very easy to make, and ...
Iced Coconut Hojicha Latte Recipe

Iced Coconut Hojicha Latte Recipe

Sachiko Murata
A delicious and nutritious summer drink with hojicha ice cubes is here.     Hojicha ice cubes   Get the ice cubes from your freezer, and make it! ...
Hojicha Ice Cubes Recipe

Hojicha Ice Cubes Recipe

Sachiko Murata
  A great way to make nice cold drinks in summer  If you make your ice cubes with tea, they will still cool your drink, and unlike normal ice cubes...
Green Tea on the Rocks with Citrus

Green Tea on the Rocks with Citrus

Sachiko Murata
  It seems the heat waves are around the world this summer, so we need to have nice cold drinks to treat ourselves. Here is a delicious summer drin...
What's Koji and What Makes it so Special?

What's Koji and What Makes it so Special?

Sachiko Murata
An Ingredient behind Traditional Japanese Foods Sake, miso, shoyu, and mirin, have you heard of these Japanese words and do you know what they are?...
Crushed Coffee Jelly in Cold Matcha Wasanbon Milk

Crushed Coffee Jelly in Cold Matcha Wasanbon Milk

Ian Chun
The combination of coffee jelly and matcha in the context of a latte is surprisingly delicious and not uncommon in Japanese cafes. Try our version ...
Matcha Caramel Flan Recipe

Matcha Caramel Flan Recipe

Sachiko Murata
Purin (プリン) in Japanese, flan or Spanish flan or crème creme (creme caramel)  in English, has been a very common dessert in Japan for more than 50 ...
Crystal Jelly with Matcha Wasanbon Syrup

Crystal Jelly with Matcha Wasanbon Syrup

Ian Chun
What is Wasanbon sugar? Wasanbon sugar is a high-grade sugar which is used mainly for wagashi (=traditional Japanese sweets) originated in the Edo ...
Homemade Hojicha Roasting Experiments

Homemade Hojicha Roasting Experiments

Sachiko Murata
In the previous article , I showed you how to make hojicha from green tea. In this article, I'll show you a few roasting experiments with some dif...
How to Reinvigorate Your Green Tea - Hojicha Roasting

How to Reinvigorate Your Green Tea - Hojicha Roasting

Sachiko Murata
The Shincha season (the first tea harvest of the new season) has arrived! The busiest, but also the most exciting season for tea farmers and tea f...
Green Tea Salt Recipe

Green Tea Salt Recipe

Sachiko Murata
Let's incorporate the flavor of green tea into our cooking as well as drinking. It's Tea Salt! This is the simplest recipe ever. Mix some green te...
Matcha Strawberry Milkshake Recipe

Matcha Strawberry Milkshake Recipe

Sachiko Murata
If you love strawberries and matcha, you’re going to love this drink!! It’s so juicy and fresh, and complemented by a bright, subtle bitter taste ...

How to choose Japanese tea

By partnering with a hundred plus artisanal Japanese tea farms and factories, we offer hundreds of green teas, and dozens of matcha, black tea, oolong tea, etc. Where do you start?

We recomend starting with Sampler Sets!