Hojicha Latte (ほうじ茶ラテ) – Roasted Green Tea with Milk

Hojicha is Japanese green tea that producers roast at high heat until the leaves and stems turn brown. The tea tastes of nuts and caramel and lacks the grassy note of sencha. It has less caffeine than matcha. For a latte you mix ground hojicha with milk, hot with foam or cold over ice.

By Laura Chen · November 4, 2026

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2servings

160kcal

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For the base you whisk 4 g hojicha powder with 60 ml of 80 °C water until no lumps remain. With a milk frother or a bamboo whisk this takes 30 seconds. Heat the milk to 65 °C. Hotter milk tastes cooked and foams worse. For the iced version, pour the concentrate over cold milk and ice cubes. If you only have tea leaves, brew them stronger; the amounts are in the note.

With green tea powder, the same principle gives you a matcha latte. Also roasted is Genmaicha, green tea with roasted rice kernels.

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Hojicha Latte (ほうじ茶ラテ) – Roasted Green Tea with Milk

Name: Hojicha Latte (ほうじ茶ラテ) – Roasted Green Tea with Milk
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 tsp hojicha powder (8 g); 120 ml water, 80 °C; 2 tsp sugar or maple syrup; 400 ml milk (3.5% fat); 400 ml cold milk (3.5% fat); 200 g ice cubes

Laura Chen

Servings

Prep time

5 minutes

Cook time

5 minutes

Calories

160

Cuisine

Japanese

Ingredients

For the concentrate:

4 tsp hojicha powder (8 g)
120 ml water, 80 °C
2 tsp sugar or maple syrup

For the hot latte:

400 ml milk (3.5% fat)

For the iced latte:

400 ml cold milk (3.5% fat)
200 g ice cubes

Instructions

Sift the hojicha powder into a bowl so no lumps form.
Add the 80 °C water and whisk the powder with a bamboo whisk or milk frother for 30 seconds. Stir in the sugar.

Hot:

Heat the milk in a pot to 65 °C and froth it with the milk frother.
Divide the concentrate between 2 warmed cups, pour in the hot milk and spoon the foam on top.

Iced:

Fill 2 tall glasses with ice cubes and pour 200 ml cold milk over each.
Slowly pour the concentrate over the back of a spoon onto the milk so a brown layer forms. Stir before drinking.

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