Shōchū
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Shōchū is a Japanese distilled beverage. It is typically distilled from rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, or brown sugar, though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such as chestnut
A glass of shōchū
Choka: kettle to make hot shōchū
Shōchū graffiti at Kōriyama Hachiman shrine. Furigana is shown to the right. It is signed by two carpenters and dated August 11 of the 2nd year of the Eiroku period, i.e. 1559.
Single distillation. Wooden pot stills are most often used at smaller distilleries.
Chūhai
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Chūhai, an abbreviation of "shōchū highball", is an alcoholic drink originating from Japan.
Shōchū
…mixed with oolong tea or fruit juice as chūhai (shōchū highball), a mixed drink consisting of shōchū, soda water, ice and some flavoring, often lemon, grapefruit, apple or ume (East Asian plum) mixed…
Chūhai
Different chūhai canned drinks from Japan