Tea Leaves Roasted on Demand at Maruzen Tea Roastery

Maruzen Tea Roastery: the name of this establishment gives a clear indication as to its speciality, as the café roasts its tea leaves on site and allows visitors to select the degree of roasting with every order.

Five roasting temperatures

From gyokuro, an 80°C roasting process, to dark roasted, which reaches 200°C, there are five different temperatures on offer (80 – 100 – 130, 160 and 200). The taste varies from sweet and sugary for lower temperatures to more pronounced, chocolatey flavours for the hotter temperatures.

The colours also vary, from light green to dark brown. With all that being said, roasting is not obligatory and visitors can choose to drink their tea without the leaves having been roasted.

More information about Maruzen Tea Roastery can be found on the tea salon’s website.