Craft Tea Fox: Matcha and Houjicha

Craft Tea Fox specialises in Matcha and Houjicha products. How they started was purely due to their need for a non-alcoholic drink and they can’t find good selection at 7-Eleven. Hence, they decided to offer delicious yet healthy Matcha easy and accessible to a wider audience, in a way that is honest and environmentally sustainable.

Craft Tea Fox: Matcha and Houjicha
Matcha and Houjicha

I got hold of the barista-quality Uji Matcha and Uji Hojicha. Both are great for making your own tasty silky Tea Latte. Importantly, both are sugar-free which allows us to customise our preferred sugar level; this is important for me. Equally important is that both are preservative-free as well.

Both the Houjicha and Matcha are available in 20g and 100g.

Craft Tea Fox: Matcha and Houjicha - Uji Matcha
Uji Matcha

Instead of using it for simply latte, I tried it in baking recipes and I find that it goes extremely well when the bake consist of diary item such as cheese. And since Burnt Cheesecake is such a hotcake item, here is the recipe for the Houjicha Matcha Marble Burnt Cheese cake

Houjicha Matcha Marble Burnt Cheese cake

Ingredients:

430g cream cheese
100g caster sugar
3 large egg
20g cake flour
270g heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon juice
2 teaspoon hojicha powder
2 teaspoon matcha powder

A slice of Matcha, Houjicha Marble Burnt Cheese Cake
Matcha, Houjicha Marble Burnt Cheese Cake

Method:

  1. Cream cheese and sugar till creamy
  2. Add in the egg. Mix well.
  3. Follow by the vanilla extract and lemon juice.
  4. Lastly fold in the flour and heavy cream.
  5. Divide the mixture into 3 equal portions
  6. First portion is plain.
  7. For the matcha, add in the matcha powder and mix well
  8. For the hojicha, add in the hojicha powder and mix well
  9. Bake in a 6 in tin lie with 2 pieces of baking paper.
  10. Temp – 240 degree bake for 30-35mins

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Website: https://craftteafox.co/