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Kuma Shochu (Sagara Village Brewery)

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Kuma Shochu (Sagara Village Brewery)

With a single sip, the mellow sweetness of rice unfolds, leaving a clean aftertaste that pairs beautifully with tea. Sagara Village is a land connected to the Sagara clan, who ruled Hitoyoshi-Kuma for 700 years, and it is one of the production areas for Kuma Shochu. Kuma Shochu is an authentic shochu with a protected designation of origin; only those made using solely rice as an ingredient and brewed, distilled, and bottled with the groundwater of the Hitoyoshi-Kuma region can bear this name. It boasts a history of approximately 500 years. Sagara Village is also a producer of high-quality tea, and a culture of enjoying shochu diluted with tea is deeply rooted here. A mellow rice shochu nurtured by a tea-producing region. When enjoyed as an 'Ocha-wari' (shochu mixed with tea), it is a drink that allows you to savor the blessings of this land in double.

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