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Hojicha (焙じ茶, "roasted tea") is a Japanese green tea rendered a distinctive reddish-brown by roasting Bancha leaves — the summer crop harvested after Sencha — over charcoal or in a porcelain pot at high temperature. The roasting transforms the leaf completely: the vivid green colour becomes deep reddish-brown, the grassy vegetal character of the original green tea converts into toasty, nutty warmth, and much of the caffeine evaporates during the high-heat process.

The result is toasty, nutty flavour with a slightly mesquite note — earthy and warm, soothing, clean finish. No bitterness, no astringency, no grassiness. An Adagio customer favourite that reviewers describe as "comforting, relaxing, and great as an everyday staple." Because of its low caffeine content, Hojicha is traditionally used in Japan as a nighttime tea and is routinely served to children and the elderly. It is the Japanese tea you can drink at any hour.