Yamane-en: Aomori Dattan Sobacha

100% Japan grown (Aomori Prefecture), pesticide-free dattan sobacha (Tartary buckwheat tea)!

Sobacha tea is roasted buckwheat tea. This specific sobacha is made from dattan soba 韃靼蕎麦 (tartary buckwheat, also known as bitter buckwheat) grown in Towada City of Aomori Prefecture and contains 100 times the amount of rutin (1500mg / 100g) compared to common buckwheat. Roasty flavor of sobacha is caffeine-free and is recommended to be drank at any time of the day. It can be used as your salad topping!

Compared to Hokkaido-grown Dattan Sobacha, the Aomori-grown sobacha is roasted slightly longer and brings out a slightly less powerful buckwheat flavor, and has quite a creamy flavor and aroma...almost like peanut butter.

PRODUCT INFO

• NAME: Aomori Dattan Sobacha
• INGREDIENTS: 100% Aomori-grown dattan soba
• VENDOR: Yamane-en Tea Shop
• LOCATION: 3-34-1 Sugamo, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
• ESTABLISHED: About 60 years ago.

STEEPING INFO

Put about 1 tablespoon full (6 grams / 0.21 oz) of sobacha into a cup. Pour boiling water into the cup and wait for 20 seconds and the tea is ready. Try eating the soba. It will taste like cereal!!