The Japanese Hojicha Research & Data Journal
Source-backed food science from Japan's MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition, Kyoto tencha auction records, and direct North American price-per-gram audits.
How Much Caffeine Is in Hojicha vs. Matcha and Coffee?
A whisked whole-stem Hojicha latte contains 14mg to 16mg of caffeine per serving (and steeped loose-leaf hojicha contains 7.7mg per 250ml cup), d...
Hojicha vs. Matcha: How Caffeine, Flavor, Tannins, and Price Compare
Both hojicha and matcha come from Japanese Camellia sinensis green tea, but matcha steams and stone-mills unroasted tencha leaves (64mg-80mg caff...
Why Matcha Causes Empty-Stomach Nausea (And Why Fired Stem Hojicha Does Not)
Unroasted matcha delivers a dense bolus of astringent EGCG catechins and tannins (~70mg+/100ml equivalent) that bind protective stomach mucin pro...
2026 US Hojicha Powder Price-per-Gram Benchmark Across 8 Leading Brands
Across eight North American specialty tea brands audited in 2026, retail hojicha powder spans a 5.4x price spread from $0.25/g (100g leaf foil po...
2026 Matcha Shortage Economics: Why US Specialty Cafes Are Scaling Stem Hojicha
Kyoto first-harvest tencha auction prices surged from ~5,400 JPY/kg in 2024 to 13,972 JPY/kg (+158%) at the 2026 opening auction as Japanese gree...
Hojicha for Caffeine-Sensitive Drinkers: Comparing Cup Milligrams to Daily Limits
For adults tracking strict daily caffeine budgets - including the widely cited 200 mg/day ACOG dietary threshold - a whole-stem Hojicha powder la...