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Michiu

米酒

Cheap rice cooking wine splashed into sesame chicken, braises and postpartum soups

Taiwan Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

A Japanese-era monopoly product; a 2002 WTO tax rise sent prices soaring and triggered hoarding and bootlegging until duties were cut back.

Frequently asked questions

What is Michiu?

Michiu is a wine & spirit from Taiwan: cheap rice cooking wine splashed into sesame chicken, braises and postpartum soups. A Japanese-era monopoly product; a 2002 WTO tax rise sent prices soaring and triggered hoarding and bootlegging until duties were cut back.

Made with

rice

Cooked

brewed

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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