Roast Club Subscription: Fresh Roasted Houjicha

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Welcome to Roast Club. Each month Kettl will choose a select tea from one of Japan’s top producers—think unique cultivars and particularly fragrant selections—and slowly roast the tea on our in-house infrared roaster, transforming it into a one-of-a-kind houjicha. We pack the tea in house immediately after roasting to ensure a fresh and fragrant tea awaits you.

All new Roast Club installments ship on the 15th of each month.

Members who join between the 1st and the 15th will receive the upcoming selection as their first order, shipped on the 15th. Members who join between the 15th and the end of the month will receive the current selection as their first order immediately upon sign up. Ensuing orders will be processed on the 15th.

Tsuguto Hattori House Roasted Houjicha

Among the most special teas we have featured in our house-roasted houjicha program, this tea comes from Tsuguto Hattori and his Yabukita fields in Higashiyoshino, Nara. Hattori-san is a computer programmer by trade, but tends to reclaimed Yabukita plantations from which he produces some of the rarest, most expressive teas coming out of Japan today, including the elusive Silver Needle style. The base of this tea is made from the mature, late-season leaves from those trees, ensuring there is no waste in his passionate practice. A moderate roast results in a sweet and fragrant houjicha that comforts and intrigues in equal measure.