Why hojicha is replacing matcha as the wellness crowd’s favourite brew: All you need to know about the trendy tea

If you’ve only just wrapped your head around the matcha craze, bad news: there’s a new kid on the block already.

Meet hojicha, a roasted Japanese green tea which is being hailed as matcha’s ‘toasty cousin’. 

Similar to how its vibrant green counterpart slowly became the drink du jour, hojicha is gaining fans around the world thanks to a social media boom – and if it hasn’t reached your local cafe yet, it likely won’t be long. 

Unlike matcha, which is made from finely ground young tea leaves, hojicha is created by roasting the stems, stalks and leaves of the tea plant, known to

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