Hojicha Tea Benefits
Tea drinking is a habit of the Japanese especially as a beverage after meals. Imbibed by generations of Japanese over the years, green tea like the hojicha tea has given health benefits to the people of Japan, which includes:
1. Enhance the immune system (helps fight diseases of the human body);
2. Protection against cardiovascular diseases, cancer and tumors;
3. A big help in weight loss; and
4. Prevents tooth decays and gives the hojicha tea drinker a feeling of relaxation.
This type of Japanese green tea is produced by roasting bancha or even sencha and kukicha green tea leaves over high charcoal heat, usually by using a porcelain pot. This process causes the hojicha tea to get a savory flavor with a refreshing and caramel-like roasted taste and virtually no bitterness. This is perhaps one reason why the tea is popular with Japanese diners who like to relax after enjoying a sumptuous meal.
Served by geishas whose business it is to see to it that the men diners are well attended to and entertained, the relaxing benefits of hojicha tea are well known. The Japanese businessmen even use the tea (and the geishas) to cap dinners they host for foreigner guests with whom they want to close important business deals.