What is Kinako and How to Enjoy It
What is kinako? Kinako is a yellow flour made by grinding roasted soy beans used in Japanese cuisine for many years. Kinako, it is said, was loved by the aristocrats...
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What is Kinako and How to Enjoy It
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Shio-koji (Japanese fermented condiment) Recipe
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 becoming increasingly popular outside Japan as it...
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Vegan Matcha Ice Cream Recipe
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 only simple ingredients and equipment....
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Iced Coconut Hojicha Latte Recipe
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! -------------------------------------- What's hojicha? from...
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Hojicha Ice Cubes Recipe
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...
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Green Tea on the Rocks with Citrus
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 drink with...
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What is Koji and What Makes it so Special?
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? Even if you are not...
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Crushed Coffee Jelly in Cold Matcha Wasanbon Milk
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 out at home with our...
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Matcha Caramel Flan Recipe
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 years, and this dessert has...
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Crystal Jelly with Matcha Wasanbon Syrup
What is Wasanbon sugar? Wasanbon sugar is a high-grade sugar which is used mainly for wagashi (=traditional Japanese sweets) originated in the Edo period. It has a delicate flavor and...
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Homemade Hojicha Roasting Experiments
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 different types of green tea...
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How to Reinvigorate Your Green Tea - Hojicha Roasting
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 factories, picking leaves and processing...
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Green Tea Salt Recipe
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 tea with some salt from...
