Soba Cha is a traditional buckwheat tea, although this product can be steeped in hot water for a fragrant and flavourful toasted aroma it can also be used in savoury or chocolate dishes, cereals, soups, salds or smoothies to give your dish that satisfying crunch. It has a nutty, malty, almost burnt but earthy flavour, with slight bitter notes to make a healthy addition to dishes that need complex textures, some use ‘Kasha’ (slavic word referring to its preparation) for gluten-free flour mixes providing a unique chewiness to veggie burgers or stews. Packed full of high-quality proteins, fibres, minerals as well as antioxidants like rutin and quercetin – both potent immune boosters, this ingredient has gained popularity across the globe for its numerous health benefits. Buckwheat is a pseudo-cereal meaning it is not related to wheat and hence is gluten-free.