Where To Find The Best Hojicha In Brisbane Right Now

31st May 2026

Written by: Lara Torcello

Slide over matcha, it’s all eyes on hojicha, the charcoal-roasted Japanese green tea. It’s nutty, it’s earthy and it’s making a claim for your new favourite brew. Hojicha is popping up all across Brisbane—at cafes, at ice cream shops, even at wine bars. Plus, it’s fairly low in caffeine, so it's a great option if you want to ditch the decaf. Think less pep-in-your-step, more relaxing wind down.

If you’re on the hunt for all things delicious and hojicha in Brisbane, we’ve got just the list for you. These are the best spots in Brisbane right now for hojicha.

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Kin

24 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe

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If you’re looking to sip your hojicha in style at a seriously cute cafe, get to Kin in Teneriffe. You’ll get the Kin experience whether you sit down at one of the quaint tables for a relaxing, sun-soaked time or pop by the buzzing coffee window. The ethos here is simplicity done exceptionally well. For hojicha, that looks like having the roasted green tea drink on its own (iced or hot), with vanilla bean or strawberry cheong and plum. For a sensational snack, the house-made cookies can do no wrong, rotating the flavour on the reg.

Odaya Tea

124/358 Mains Road, Sunnybank

If there’s a place that knows its Japanese green tea, it’s Odaya. If you want to hojicha at home, browse their retail store for no less than seven variations available on the shelf. But if you’d rather pop in to try the good stuff, drop by for premium hojicha iced lattes, hojicha bubble tea and hojicha-spiked artisanal gelato.

Shiro Gelato & Snack

167 Albert Street, Brisbane City

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How to describe Shiro—it’s an excellent Japanese-style gelato shop churning some excellent hojicha gelato. But it doesn’t stop there, Shira goes beyond ice-cream—the Japanese spot knows its onigiri and knows how to make a hojicha drink. The strawberry hojicha iced latte is sweet; the hojicha soda is refreshing, and the hojicha iced latte is comforting. All three? Something you’ll want to try next time you’re in the city.

Mountain River Patisserie

84 Mango Street, Runcorn

You might know Mountain River Patisserie as one of the best spots in Brisbane for matcha and you might have tried their exquisite range of rotating bakes and cakes, but did you know the serene southside spot also does killer hojicha? Now you do. It’s sourced directly from tea farms in Japan, freshly ground and everything. They have two types on offer: a standard hojicha for a robust flavour or the premium stuff for a smoother and lighter taste. Either way, have it as a hojicha latte or jazz it up with house-made strawberry syrup for a hojicha and strawberry latte banger. While you’re at it, grab a couple of hojicha and rum canelé.

Soufflé Japancakes

389 Cornwall Street, Greenslope

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Soufflé Japancakes doesn’t muck around when it comes to hojicha, they source the stuff directly from Japan. Head in for what the team have called the perfect hojicha pairing: The Autumn Fluff. It’s a hot hojicha latte coupled with their chocolate, salted caramel and banana soufflé pancakes with a scoop of creamy hojicha gelato. Warming, sweet and deeply delicious.

Wuta Cafe & Wuta Brewers

52 Merivale Street, South Brisbane & 12/97 Elizabeth Street Brisbane CBD

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Every aspect of Wuta Cafe in South Brisbane and Wuta Brewers in Brisbane CBD is highly considered. Delicate broths, perfectly scrambled eggs, and soft shokupan. The same precision and care is given to their hojicha delights including their iced and hot lattes. Hungry? The dishes can hojicha too, just ask for the hojicha broth when ordering a bowl of ochazuke.

Snug

21 Chatsworth Road, Coorparoo

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If you want your hojicha fix à la wine bar, Cooparoo’s quaint Korean neighbourhood spot and Urban List 100-certified Hospo Legend, Snug, is where you’ll want to go. Perch up along the window, grab a few seasonal snacky bits then choose your hojicha: hot or iced.

Café Disco

69 Hardgrave Road, West End

West End’s retro Bangladeshi-inspired café, Café Disco, is doing one of Brisbane’s best hojicha lattes you can get your hands on. If you’re lucky, you might be able to snag the rotating special—hojicha latte with homemade banana cheong. A menu mainstay however? The deliciously creamy hojichai. It’s primo hojicha, brewed chai, cream and oat milk.

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