Know Umeshu

Umeshu which is mixed with fruit

Umeshu, which is liked by everyone because it is easy to drink, has a low alcohol content, and has a health effect. As we all know, umeshu is made from a fruit named plums. The aroma of Umeshu is extracted from the plum fruit by soaking it in alcohol for a long time, and it also goes well with the flavor of other fruits.

How can we drink fruit Umeshu

Add dried fruit while soaking the Umeshu

Make the fruit cocktails with Umeshu

Add dried fruit while soaking the Umeshu

Soak the dried fruit which dried and concentrated with the charm of the fruit with plums. Making Umeshu with nice color, taste and aroma.

Alternate plums, icing sugar, and dried fruit.

Dried fruits such as oranges, strawberries, mangoes, pineapples, and apples are recommended.

In addition, there are also many Umeshu on the market that have other fruits added at the time of brewing. If you do not have the ability to make your own, it is perfectly possible to taste different flavors of Umeshu by purchasing them. The addition of plenty of fruit to the Umeshu gives it a mixed juice-like flavor.

Make the fruit cocktails with Umeshu

Unlike the method described above, fruit cocktails are not made by adding other fruits while brewing, but by adding them afterwards when mixing the drink. Fruit cocktails have a unique and refreshing taste that is intoxicating. Here, we briefly introduce a few ways to make fruit cocktails with Umeshu.

Umeshu with grapefruit juice or apple juice

Fill a glass with ice, add grapefruit juice or apple juice and Umeshu in a 1:1 ratio. Mix it lightly.

Umeshu Sangria

Peel each fruit of your choice, like lemon, orange and apple, and cut into thin slices of easy-to-eat size. Add the cut fruit and Umeshu. Mash the fruit and press out the juice. 

 This cocktail is characterized by its fruity flavor, the aroma of Umeshu, and its sweet and sour taste.

⧫  Umeshu with wine

Combining wine made from grapes with Umeshu can also create cocktails with a rich fruit flavor. Pour a 1:2 ratio of Umeshu and wine into a glass and stir gently.

Unlike mixing plum wine with water or tea, fruit Umeshu has a more refreshing taste. Each fruit has a different taste, oranges with sourness, apples with sweetness, and lemons with tartness. All this, together with the original sweet and sour of plum, can collide to create a richer taste. Whether it’s adding other fruits while brewing, fermenting them together, macerating and filtering them to combine the essence of the fruit with the alcohol, or creating a cocktail with the juice, the combination of alcohol and various fruits, including plums, makes the world of Umeshu ever-changing.

Let’s enjoy Umeshu to our own liking!

About Umeshu Lovers

Made with the finest ume plums from Japan, Umeshu is an apéritif with a sweet-sour flavour.  

Known commonly as “Japanese Plum Wine”, Umeshu is among the most well-known alcoholic beverages in Japan and is slowly gaining popularity worldwide.  

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