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Umeshu

梅酒

Green ume plums steeped with rock sugar in spirit, sweet and tart

Japan Wine & spirit Vegetarian

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

Home-steeped since the Edo period; a 1962 liquor-tax exemption legalised household brewing, making summer ume-steeping a domestic ritual.

Frequently asked questions

What is Umeshu?

Umeshu is a wine & spirit from Japan: green ume plums steeped with rock sugar in spirit, sweet and tart. Home-steeped since the Edo period; a 1962 liquor-tax exemption legalised household brewing, making summer ume-steeping a domestic ritual.

Made with

fruitsugar

Cooked

distilled

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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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