Goishicha

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How to Brew Goishicha for a Smooth, Complex Cup

Learn how to brew goishicha, a rare twice-fermented Japanese tea from Kochi. Discover the right water temperature, steeping time, and technique for this sour, complex tea pressed into go-stone squares.

How to Brew Goishicha for a Smooth, Complex Cup

Learn how to brew goishicha, a rare twice-fermented Japanese tea from Kochi. Discover the right water temperature, steeping time, and technique for this sour, complex tea pressed into go-stone squares.

Small flat dark squares of goishicha double-fermented Japanese tea arranged on rice straw mats in the sun to dry, resembling the black stones of the traditional board game go.

Goishicha: Japan's Remarkable Double-Fermented Tea

Goishicha is one of Japan's rarest teas, double-fermented, pressed into blocks, and tied to a 400-year tradition. Learn what makes it unlike any other.  

Goishicha: Japan's Remarkable Double-Fermented Tea

Goishicha is one of Japan's rarest teas, double-fermented, pressed into blocks, and tied to a 400-year tradition. Learn what makes it unlike any other.