The roasting process of the tea lowers the caffeine content of the leaves. Kukicha is another one, which is also called Karigane in Kyoto and Shiraore in the Kyushu region in the south of Japan.
The wide assortment includes sencha (steamed green tea), genmaicha (brown rice tea), kocha (black tea), kukicha (twig tea) and hojicha (roasted green tea) as well as matcha tea powder. The shop ...