Shochu that goes with hojicha
Tea and coffee
Cold-brewed or hot. Roasted green tea, low in bitterness, high in toast. The oyuwari of teas.
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
- Ark Jakuunbaku
Mugi (barley) · Fukuoka
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Mugi Hokka
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Zuisen "Hakuryu" Kusu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Aokage 'Forty-One Genshu - Throughbred Stallion' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Barley Shochu 'Mugi'
Mugi (barley) · Kumamoto
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Ginza No Suzume Aged 7Yr
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Mannen Boshi 'Genshu' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Satsuma Kannoko Barley Shochu 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Satsuma Kohaku no Yume (Amber Dream) / Kohaku No Yume Shochu 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Watanabe Shochu Bros 'Mugi' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yanagita Aokage Forty One "Thoroughbred Stallion" Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Kuro Kirishima Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Satsuma Kuradashi Genshu Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Nankai Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar)
Hojicha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Selephant
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Tida Ichinojo Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Aka Oni Shochu Red Devil 12
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Chingu White Iki Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Fukiage Kura Cask Reserve Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Genkai "Iki"
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Ginza No Suzume Black Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Ginza No Suzume Tokkuri Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Hitotsubu No Mugi Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- iichiko Frasco
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- iichiko Silhouette
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Iki
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Jakuunbaku Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Fukuoka
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Kohaku no Yokaichi
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Mizu Green Tea Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Saga
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Mugio Barley Shochu 900ml
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Mugiwara Boushi Barley Shochu 900ml
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Nikaido Kitchomu Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- SG Shochu MUGI
Mugi (barley)
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Shiratsuyu Satsuma No Mugi Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yama no Mori
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yanagita 'Aokage 24' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yanagita 'Koma 24' Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yokaichi Mugi Honkaku Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley)
Hojicha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Yufuin White Label Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Hakkaisan Honkaku Kome Shochu "Kikoji Sandanshikomi Yoroshiku Senman Arubeshi"
Kome (rice) · Niigata
Hojicha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakutake Shiro
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Hojicha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Kiuchi Rice Shochu Classic
Kome (rice) · Ibaraki
Hojicha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Kuon Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Masako
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Rice Shochu 'Kome'
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Hojicha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Ryukyu 1429 Kaze
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ryukyu 1429 Tsuchi
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ryukyu Awamori, Chuko Distillery
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ryukyu Awamori Kuon Hard Liquor
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Seifuku Coffee
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Seifuku Vintage Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Ishigaki)
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Shimauta Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Soba Unkai Shochu
Soba (buckwheat) · Miyazaki (Gokase)
Hojicha: Roasted tea and buckwheat are one flavour from two plants. Hojicha and soba-yu are the same instinct.
- Yanagita Mizunara Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: 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
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Yokka Koji Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa 1999
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa 43
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa Black
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa Premium 30
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa White Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zuisen Kouryu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa (Naha)
Hojicha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Aka Maoh Shochu Red Satan 12
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Akae
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Goro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Issho Bronze Imo Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Akita
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Kiccho Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Kiroku 'Memory' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Kuro Kirishima Melt 720ml
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Mahoko
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Satoh
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Tomino Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Watanabe Distillery 'Yuki no Mannen - Winter Penguin' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.
- Watanabe Shochu Bros 'Imo' Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Hojicha: This bottle's aroma is the reason to own it, and a roasted or smoky mixer covers exactly that.