Wholesome, warming, toasty and sweet - this is how a hot houjicha latte tastes like.

Houjicha powder is roasted green tea powder that tastes roasty, nutty and mildly sweet. Its color is ash brown.

Matcha is a type of powdered green tea, stone ground from shaded tea leaves and whisked into frothy tea. Good quality matcha powder has extra umami flavor and low bitterness.

For hundreds of years, drinking matcha tea is known to bring along many benefits to one's health. Among other minerals and amino acids, it contains L-theanine, considered as the most beneficial and unique quality of matcha. 

Making matcha latte at home is easier than you might think. Read our step-by-step instructions and watch our video below.  

Stollen is a cake-like rich Christmas bread with marzipan filling from Germany. Its taste got just even richer as we also added matcha powder to it. The recipe yields two stollen breads - eat yourself and make a gift to your friend.