Mizu Green Tea Shochu

About Mizu Green Tea Shochu

It is said that the very first seedlings of green tea in Japan were planted by the Zen Buddhist monk Myoan Eisai on a mountain in Saga Prefecture more than 800 years ago. This heritage is a great source of pride for the local farmers in the nearby town of Ureshino, which is well known for producing some of the most sought after sencha in all Japan. This legacy also serves as the inspiration for this wonderfully rich and fragrant Green Tea shochu. At 70 proof it is more concentrated, like shochus of old, to enhance the aroma, complexities, body and finish. Rich, bold, fragrant and delicious.

Tasting Notes for Mizu Green Tea Shochu

Rich and fragrant with notes of matcha, passion fruit, nori (dried seaweed) and cacao. Buttery texture with a long, delicious, lingering finish. Green tea ice cream, chocolate, banana and hints of white peach.

Suggested Serves

• Savor the traditional methods of shochu enjoyment, especially neat but especially ‘oyuwari’ (with hot water); first added to a ceramic cup, followed by the shochu in a 1:1 ratio.
• Mizu Martini (from Joji Watanabe of ROKC, NY)
• 3.5 oz of Mizu Green Gea Shochu
• 0.5 oz of Lillet Blanc
• 2 drops of Orange Blossom Water
• Method: Stir ingredients over ice in a mixing glass a little longer than you would a usual martini, pour in to a chilled Nick and Nora glass and spritz with a little more Orange Blossom Water.
• Midori Shochu Sour (from Julia Momose of KUMIKO, IL)
• 1.5 oz of Mizu Green Tea Shochu
• 1 oz of Midori
• 0.5 oz of lemon juice
• 0.5 oz of lime juice
• 0.5 oz of simple syrup
• 2 oz of club soda
• Method: Shake all ingredients (except club soda) in a shaker for 15 seconds, pour over ice in a highball, top with club soda, give it a gentle scoop for the ingredients to mix and garnish with a melon ball.

Recommended By

We promise, you have never had anything like this before. The green tea flavor in this shochu is so intense and full of umami, it tastes like you are biting into a piece of matcha-dusted seaweed. You’re gonna love it! – Umami Mart, CA

Production Notes

Hand crafted in the traditional way, the shochu is single distilled from a mash of local harvests; two-rowed barley, black koji rice, and freshly picked, then steamed, Ureshino green tea leaves.

750ml & 70 Proof