Shochu that goes with green tea liqueur
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These are bottles to mix green tea liqueur into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Sweeter and rounder than brewing your own matcha, and it dissolves properly, which matcha powder in a cold drink does not.
Best bottles for green tea liqueur
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Rice and green tea is an ordinary Japanese meal, not a novelty
rice, clean, smooth, aged
rice, rich, clean, bright
rice, clean, aged
rice, umami, clean, light-bodied
rice, clean, bright, aged
rice, clean, sweet
rice, clean, smooth
rice, clean, aged
rice, soft, clean, aged
rice, sweet, clean, smooth
rice, light-bodied, clean
Grouped by what the shochu is made from, because that is the level the reasoning works at: what this does to an imo shochu is a fact about imo shochu rather than about one bottle. Within each style the strongest matches come first, and bottles we pour are marked rather than promoted. The scores are the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round, but the labels are not: a bottle page badges at most twelve strong matches and at most three per family, so that the twelve describe that bottle rather than the same citrus and soda every time. Here there is no cap, so a pairing badged strong on this page can read as a good match on the bottle's own.
Awamori
Awamori has enough character to be the base of a cocktail, not the neutral part of one. So an orange liqueur or a mezcal sits beside it instead of covering it.
Rice and green tea is an ordinary Japanese meal, not a novelty
rice, umami, clean, light-bodied
rice, clean, bright, aged
rice, clean, sweet
rice, clean, smooth
rice, soft, clean, aged
Show the other 101 green tea liqueur matches
rice, clean, sharp, aged
rice, smooth, soft, clean
A clean bottle lets the tea bitterness read as bitterness rather than mud
floral, clean, sharp, aged
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
rice, pear, caramel, rich
rice, cask, aged
rice, whisky-like, cask, aged
rice, smooth, savory, aged
rice, smooth, cereal, sweet
rice, cherry, vanilla, chocolate
rice, bright, aged
rice, citrus, cereal, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, soft, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, aged
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, soft, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, light-bodied, sweet
rice, caramel, chocolate, crisp
rice, sweet, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, soft, aged
rice, sweet, crisp, smooth
rice, roasted grain, aged
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, citrus, roasted grain, sweet
rice, smooth, maple, umami
rice, sherry-like, aged
rice, soft, smooth
rice, citrus, vanilla, chocolate
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, aged
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, smooth, sweet, oily
rice, chocolate, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, sweet, rich, full-bodied
rice, cherry, vanilla, caramel
rice, floral, honey, caramel
rice, vanilla, funky, creamy texture
rice, citrus, tropical fruit, vanilla
rice, nutty, dry, aged
Sweeter and rounder than brewing your own matcha, and it dissolves properly, which matcha powder in a cold drink does not.
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
aged, caramel, smooth, spice
Kome shochu
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini with koji where the juniper was. The strength depends on the bottle, not on the swap. Most shochu is 25 and lands well under a gin martini. The 40 percent bottles land beside one.
Rice and green tea is an ordinary Japanese meal, not a novelty
rice, rich, clean, bright
rice, sweet, clean, smooth
rice, light-bodied, clean
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rice, aged, cask, smooth
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, umami, crisp, sweet
rice, vanilla, smooth, cask
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, rich, aged
rice, soft, rich, aged
rice, smooth, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, soft, light-bodied, aged
rice, light-bodied, cask
rice, light-bodied, dry, aged
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
rice, citrus, silky, light-bodied
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
rice, chocolate, sweet
rice, steamed rice, citrus, pineapple
rice, smooth, aged, cask
rice, citrus, apple, pineapple
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, rich, bright
rice, pear, jasmine, light-bodied
rice, cask, aged
rice, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, aged
rice, smooth, light-bodied, sweet
rice, vanilla, caramel, chocolate
Smoke and green tea both want the front of the glass
Mugi shochu
A clean bottle lets the tea bitterness read as bitterness rather than mud
barley, bright, clean, light-bodied
barley, crisp, clean, aged
barley, crisp, clean
barley, soft, light-bodied, clean
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barley, smooth, light-bodied, clean
barley, rich, clean
It doubles a tea note the bottle already has
barley, umami, savory, clean
barley, apple, pineapple, creamy texture
Rice and green tea is an ordinary Japanese meal, not a novelty
barley, rice, umami
barley, earthy, clean, bright
barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, sweet, clean
Imo shochu
A clean bottle lets the tea bitterness read as bitterness rather than mud
sweet potato, banana, vanilla, clean
It doubles a tea note the bottle already has
sweet potato, tea, rich
sweet potato, umami, soft, full-bodied
sweet potato, spice, clean, sharp
Show the other 5 green tea liqueur matches
sweet potato, umami, soft, clean
Tea is in this bottle itself, not just on its nose, so this adds more of the same rather than a second flavour.
sweet potato, clean, aged
sweet potato, light-bodied, clean, dry
Korui, the continuous-still shochu
Rice and green tea is an ordinary Japanese meal, not a novelty
A clean bottle lets the tea bitterness read as bitterness rather than mud
soft, light-bodied, clean, sweet
barley, soft, crisp, clean
Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
A clean bottle lets the tea bitterness read as bitterness rather than mud
sesame, nutty, toast, off-dry
Sweeter and rounder than brewing your own matcha, and it dissolves properly, which matcha powder in a cold drink does not.
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
Tea is in this bottle itself, not just on its nose, so this adds more of the same rather than a second flavour.
A clean bottle lets the tea bitterness read as bitterness rather than mud
Soba shochu
Rice and green tea is an ordinary Japanese meal, not a novelty