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Hojicha Ice Cream
Roasted green tea steeped into the dairy — toasty, low-bitterness.
15 min prep · 24h freeze 4 pints easy
Hojicha is roasted bancha — nutty, low caffeine, never bitter. Steep loose-leaf rather than using powder for cleaner flavor.
Smooth & scoopable
Balanced base. Freeze 24h, then spin on the matching program.
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Fat
11.3%
target 10–16%
Sugar
18.6%
target 14–20%
MSNF
9.8%
target 8–11%
Total solids
40.7%
target 36–42%
PAC272.0 / 220–280
POD (sweetness)
165
target 140–190
Total mass
597 g
target 473 g = pint
Ingredients
Scale to the number of pints you want — every gram scales with you.
4
pints
- Whole Milk333 g
- Heavy Cream154 g
- Granulated Sugar60 g
- Dextrose20 g
- Skim Milk Powder22 g
- Hojicha Leaves8 g
Batch mass597 g
Method
- 1.Warm milk and cream, steep hojicha 10 min, strain through cheesecloth.
- 2.Re-warm, whisk in sugars and milk powder.
- 3.Cool, pint, freeze 24 h. Spin on Ice Cream.
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