Shochu that goes with matcha
Tea and coffee
Whisked into a slurry first, never dumped in dry. Bitter, umami and creamy at once.
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
- Seifuku Coffee
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- 24-DO Kinjo Shiro
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Kiccho Houzan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: 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
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Komasa Mellowed Kozuru Excellence
Kome (rice) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Kuro Kirishima Melt 720ml
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Motoko
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Sasshu Sekitoba Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Yamasemi Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Jougo Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Kana
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Tida Asahi Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Tida Ichinojo Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Yayoi Araroka Kokuto Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar)
Matcha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- California Shochu
Kome (rice)
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Chingu Black Iki Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Chuko Yokka Koji Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Daiyame Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Dassai Kasutori Shochu
Kome (rice) · Yamaguchi
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Genkai "Iki"
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Matcha: 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
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakkaisan Honkaku Kome Shochu Oak Barrel "Fubaika"
Kome (rice) · Niigata
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakutake
Kome (rice)
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakutake Kaoru
Kome (rice)
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakutake Komoriuta
Kome (rice)
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakutake Shiro
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Hakutake Yuzumon
Kome (rice)
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Heihachiro Organic Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Helios Kura Awamori (Kosyu)
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Kagemusha Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Oita
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kappa No Sasoimizu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kawabe
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Kiuchi Rice Shochu Classic
Kome (rice) · Ibaraki
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Komasa Kurano Shikon Pink Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kozuru Kuro Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kozuru Kuro Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Kuon Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Kuro Isanishiki Sweet Potato Shochu 900ml
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Misty Blue Rice Shochu 720ml
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Mizu Green Tea Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Saga
Matcha: Oolong-hai and green tea highballs are on every izakaya menu, and barley is clean enough to let the tea lead.
- Mizu Lemongrass Shochu
Kome (rice) · Saga
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Mizuho Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- MoMoMo
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Motoko 8 Years Aged Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Mugon Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Musha Gaeshi "Tipsy Samurai" Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Nakamura Gyokuro Kuro Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Miyazaki
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Nami Hana Batch #25 Big Island Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato)
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Nankai Gold Shochu
Kokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)
Matcha: Coffee and black tea meet the molasses in the bottle rather than arguing with it.
- Nankai Imo Black
Imo (sweet potato)
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Rice Shochu 'Kome'
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Ryukyu 1429 Kaze
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ryukyu 1429 Tsuchi
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ryukyu Awamori, Chuko Distillery
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Ryukyu Awamori Kuon Hard Liquor
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Satsuma Hozan
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Sengetsu Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Sengetsu Taru Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- SG Shochu KOME
Kome (rice)
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Shimauta Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- St. George California Rice Shochu
Kome (rice)
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Sweet Potato Shochu 'Imo'
Imo (sweet potato) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Takara Yokaichi Kome Shochu
Kome (rice) · Miyazaki
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Toki No Kokuin
Kome (rice) · Mie
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Tomi no Houzan Sweet Potato Shochu
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Toyonaga
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Matcha: Rice shochu with green tea is an ordinary Kyushu dinner order, not a novelty.
- Yama no Mori
Mugi (barley) · Nagasaki
Matcha: 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
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Yokka Koji
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Yokka Koji Ryukyu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa 1999
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa 43
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa Black
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa Premium 30
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa Premium 35 Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zanpa White Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: Oolong and jasmine both belong to the same Chinese-adjacent kitchen awamori grew up in.
- Zuisen "Hakuryu" Kusu Awamori
Awamori · Okinawa
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.
- Goro
Imo (sweet potato) · Kagoshima
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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)
Matcha: 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
Matcha: 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
Matcha: Green tea and oolong are how shochu is drunk with dinner across Kyushu. Tea's tannin meets the earth without covering it.