#ThursdayThoughts

Green tea umeshu 🤔
New to me 🤔
We will see how it tastes tonight 😉

#Plum #Tea #PlumWine #Umeshu #Japanese #Japan #Photography

The problem with developing an appreciation for “the good stuff” is costs are non-linear.

I discovered the 3 year at a saké tasting. It is considerably more complex, thicker and with a more intense fruit flavor than the single year.

Either one is tame compared to the umeshu my mother-in-law used to make, though. It was like 40% ABV, age measured in decades, and a *massive* kick in the keister. I'm pretty sure I have some stashed away, but I'm not convinced it isn't toxic.

#Umeshu #Alcohol

Might as well try last year's pseudo umeshu while I'm squeezing these plums. It's pretty tasty, sweet, tart and definitely boozy.

#CurrentlyDrinking #Umeshu

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The best part is the plum fruit 😋

#Umeshu #Plum #Wine #Japanese #Japan #Photography

The Suntory #梅酒 #Umeshu #Whisky blend tastes of umeshu but with a little kick from the whisky - nice in that more of the household will enjoy it, but less interesting than I hoped?

The best umeshu this #Japan trip was an unspecified one from an Udon restaurant 🤷

Thanks to a suggestion from @sumisu3 I decided to give Umeshu a shot with some of my unripe plums. I used 1kg plums, .5kg sugar and topped this ~2L jar up with ~45% white brandy. I'll make sure it's fully topped up once all the sugar has dissolved and then I guess I gotta wait a year.

#umeshu #plum #liqueur