Choosing Your First HOJO Tea
For anyone choosing a HOJO tea for the first time, these are teas whose flavor is easy to read and that are hard to get wrong even without paying close attention to how you brew them.
HOJO chooses tea by body and length of finish rather than by showy flavor. If you are used to ordinary tea, that can seem plain at first. The teas gathered here show those qualities most clearly while still being easy to drink as a first cup.
Choosing Your First HOJO Tea
High Mountain White Tea 高山白茶
From a semi-wild garden at around 2,300m. Leaves bitten by the leafhoppers that thrive there develop a sweet honey aroma as the tea ages. A clear, gentle body.
From $13.00 USD (50g)
Tang Jia Raw Pu-erh Tea 2022 唐家古樹生茶 2022 餅茶
The long finish that only naturally grown old trees at 2,000m can give, with ideal ageing bringing a sweet aroma of dried fruit and malt syrup.
From $12.00 USD (50g)