Do you like hojicha sweets?
Recently, the popularity of "Hojicha sweets" is increasing. From supermarkets, convenience stores, to cafe chains, various hojicha products have appeared and have become a hot topic.
By the way, I would like to recommend "Milk Jam Kyo Hojicha" sold at the long-established teahouse "Chikiriya" in Kyoto this time. In other words, it is "Hojicha jam" . This is insanely delicious just by spreading it on bread or dissolving it in milk !!
Hojicha jam with plenty of milk!
◆ Fragrant and bittersweet
Milk Jam Kyoto Hojicha is a combination of milk jam made by adding sugar to Hokkaido milk and slowly boiling it, and flavorful Kyoto Hojicha. No additives such as colorants, fragrances, preservatives or thickeners are used.
Chubby dense
If you scoop it directly from the bottle with a spoon, it will be thick and heavy, but if you apply it to a warm object such as toast, it will melt and become lighter and spread smoothly. The mellow milkiness and the bittersweetness of the condensed roasted green tea are a perfect match! The fragrance that gently slips out of your mouth is irresistible!
◆ 3 recommended ways to eat
The recommended way to eat is "Hojicha toast", "Cheese with Hojicha", and "Hojicha latte"! The recipe is based on Chikiriya's official website.If you put it on freshly baked toast, the hojicha jam will melt and spread with heat, making it a "hojicha toast". It's best to stretch the soaked area!
The color is earthy (excuse me) but the taste is superb!
What was surprising was the good compatibility between roasted green tea and cheese. When you put the cut Camembert cheese and roasted green tea jam on the ritz and spread it, the richness of the sticky camembert and the rich flavor of roasted green tea overlap, making it a bittersweet adult snack. This will make wine happy too!
Japanese-style canapes that are a bit different from usual
"Hojicha latte" is just a little over a tablespoon of hojicha jam added to a cup of warm milk. The mellow hot milk and the aroma of roasted green tea blend together. The gentle sweetness spreads, and it is as delicious as the roasted green tea latte you drink at the cafe!
It was amazingly delicious!
Add about 2 teaspoons of marmalade and mix to give it a more lustrous taste with a hint of citrus sweetness and a refreshing scent. It's like a little dessert drink! The sweetness of marmalade comes out, but the roasted green tea jam is not so sweet, so it doesn't become persistent. If you like, you can add sliced orange to the edge of the cup!
Rich dessert latte style
According to Chikiriya, you can melt the roasted green tea jam in a water bath and put it on a dumpling. It seems that you can arrange various things as "Hojicha sauce"!
◆ Where can I buy it?
When I contacted Chikiriya, it seems that they can be purchased at the official mail order site and some supermarkets in the Kansai area. It was said that they are not wholesaled to supermarkets in the Kanto region, but I bought it at an OK store somewhere in Kanagawa prefecture (a miracle), so maybe there is a store that sells it. If you see it in the Kanto area, it's (probably) rare, so be sure to pick it up!The price on the mail order site is 756 yen (tax included and shipping not included).
