Shochu that goes with black tea (earl grey)
Tea and coffee
Cold-brewed Earl Grey brings bergamot; plain black tea brings tannin. For the aged and brown-sugar bottles.
Ranked over every bottle in the catalogue, with the reason each one is here. The reasoning is the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round, so the two never contradict each other.
Best with it
- Nankai Gold Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Satsuma Kannoko Barley Shochu 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- 24-DO Kinjo Shiro
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Komasa Mellowed Kozuru Excellence
Kome (rice) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Kuro Kirishima Melt 720ml
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Mellowed Kozuru Excellence Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Barley Shochu 'Mugi'
Mugi (barley) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Ginza Suzume Kohaku Mugi Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Hyakunen No Kodoku '100 Years of Solitude' Barrel-Aged Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Iichiko Special Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Kirishima Melt Barley 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Kiuchi Rice Shochu Classic
Kome (rice) · Ibaraki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Mugon Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Ryukyu Awamori Kuon Hard Liquor
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Satsuma Kohaku no Yume (Amber Dream) / Kohaku No Yume Shochu 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Sengetsu Taru Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Toki No Kokuin
Kome (rice) · Mie
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Yanagita Mizunara Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yanagita 'Mizunara' Barrel Aged Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yufuin Black Label Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Aka Maoh Shochu Red Satan 12
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Akae
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Brooklyn Kura Kasutori Shochu
Kome (rice)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Goro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Issho Bronze Imo Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Akita
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kiccho Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kirishima Melt 15yr Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kiroku 'Memory' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Komasa Migaki Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Mahoko
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Motoko
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Natsu no Mannen 'Summer Penguin' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Satoh
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Tenshi No Yuwaku Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Tomino Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Toyonaga "Okukuma"
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Watanabe Distillery 'Yuki no Mannen - Winter Penguin' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Watanabe Shochu Bros 'Imo' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Yamasemi 'Kingfisher' Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Yamasemi Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Jougo Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Kana
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Kuon No Shizuku Shochu 720ml
Shochu · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Black tea's tannin sits well with aged notes
- Nankai Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Nankai White Oak Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Selephant
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Tida Ichinojo Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Aokage 'Forty-One Genshu - Throughbred Stallion' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Ark Jakuunbaku
Mugi (barley) · Fukuoka
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Asahi Mannenboshi
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Chingu Black Iki Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Chuko Ryukyu Kusu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ginza No Suzume Aged 7Yr
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Ginza Suzume Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Hakkaisan Honkaku Kome Shochu "Kikoji Sandanshikomi Yoroshiku Senman Arubeshi"
Kome (rice) · Niigata
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakkaisan Honkaku Kome Shochu Oak Barrel "Fubaika"
Kome (rice) · Niigata
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakutake Komoriuta
Kome (rice)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakutake Shiro
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Jakuunbaku Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Fukuoka
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Kiuchi Rice Shochu Ginka
Kome (rice) · Ibaraki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Kuon Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Kurano Shikon Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Mannen Boshi 'Genshu' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Masako
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Misty Blue Rice Shochu 720ml
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Moriizou Ultra PR Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Motoko 8 Years Aged Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Mugi Hokka
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Naka Naka Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Nakanaka
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Nakanaka 'Pretty' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Rice Shochu 'Kome'
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Ryukyu 1429 Kaze
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ryukyu 1429 Tsuchi
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ryukyu Awamori, Chuko Distillery
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Seifuku Coffee
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Seifuku Vintage Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Ishigaki)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Sengetsu Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Black tea (Earl Grey): Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- SG Shochu MUGI
Mugi (barley)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Shimauta Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Watanabe Shochu Bros 'Mugi' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yamaneko "Wild Cat"
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Yanagita Aokage Forty One "Thoroughbred Stallion" Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yokka Koji
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Yokka Koji Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa 1999
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa 43
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa Black
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa Premium 30
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa Premium 35 Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa White Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zuisen "Hakuryu" Kusu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zuisen Hiryu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Naha)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zuisen Kouryu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Naha)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Daiyame 40 Imo Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Hamanoimota Shochu 12
Imo (sweet potato) · Tottori
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kaikouzu Imo Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kaikouzu Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kuro Kirishima Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Mitsutake Hokuto Raoh
Imo (sweet potato)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Sasshu Sekitoba Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Satoh Kuro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Satsuma Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Satsuma Kuradashi Genshu Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- SG Shochu IMO
Imo (sweet potato)
Black tea (Earl Grey): Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.