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“Sweet sake” with yuzu is coming to Japan’s wonderful world of hot canned drinks this winter

Morinaga goes to Kochi in its search for a new spin on a traditional Japanese winter drink.

Japan is a country that really gets into the spirit of each season, and not just in terms of fashions and festivals. As we get into the back half of autumn, more and more hot drinks start appearing in convenience stores and vending machines. You can always count on hot coffee and green tea to always make an appearance, but each year also brings a selection of new entries into this warming, relaxing segment of the drink market, and one that we’ll be seeing soon is yuzu amazake.

Amazake literally translates as “sweet sake,” and yes, just like conventional sake, it’s a beverage made from fermented rice. Aside from that, though, amazake bears little resemblance to its more internationally famous rice wine cousin. For one thing, amazake is non-alcoholic. It’s also opaque and thicker in consistency, sort of a rice-based smoothie with a sweet flavor.

Though it can be drunk cold, amazake’s consistency makes it especially well-suited to heating up on a cold winter’s day so that it can warm you up from the inside. Japanese confectionery and beverage maker Morinaga has been selling canned amazake for many years, but they’ll be trying something new this winter with Kin no Kaoru Amazake Yuzu (“Golden Scent Amazake Yuzu”). The customary rich, sweet amazake flavor here gets an added twist with the introduction of a little touch of yuzu juice, sourced from Japan’s most prestigious producer of the sweetly sharp citrus fruit, Kochi Prefecture. The result, Morinaga says, is a fragrant, sweet, and soothing concoction that’s perfect for when you need to take a break and reward yourself as you’re crossing things off your to-do list ahead of the end-of-the-year holiday season.

Kin no Kaoru Amazake Yuzu goes on sale December 1.

Source: Morinaga via Japaaan
Images: Morinaga
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