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Choya Umeshu Co., Ltd. (チョーヤ梅酒株式会社, Chōya Umeshu Kabushiki-gaisha), or Choya, is a Japanese company headquartered in Habikino, Osaka, Japan, which specializes in the production and sales of umeshu plum liqueur. Its other main businesses include brandy, sake, wine, and foods. The company started producing umeshu in 1959. [1]
Umeshu (梅酒) is a Japanese liqueur made by steeping ume plums (while still unripe and green) in liquor (焼酎, shōchū) and sugar. It has a sweet, sour taste, and an alcohol content of 10–15%. Famous brands of umeshu include Choya, Takara Shuzo and Matsuyuki. Varieties are available with whole ume fruits contained in the bottle, and some ...
Umeboshi ( Japanese: 梅 干し, pronounced [ɯmeboɕi], lit. 'dried ume ') are pickled ( brined) ume fruits common in Japan. The word umeboshi is often translated into English as 'salted Japanese plums', 'Japanese plums' or 'preserved plums'. Ume ( Prunus mume) is a species of fruit-bearing tree in the genus Prunus, which is often called a ...
Umeshu (梅酒; "plum wine") is a Japanese alcoholic drink made by steeping green plums in shōchū (clear liquor). It is sweet and smooth. A similar liquor in Korea, called maesil-ju (매실주, 梅實酒; "plum wine"), is marketed under various brand names, including Mae hwa soo, Matchsoon, and Seoljungmae. Both the Japanese and Korean ...
Umeshu (梅酒), sometimes known as "plum wine", is a beverage popular in both Japan and Korea, made by steeping ume, or Japanese plums, in shōchū or another clear liquor such as sake. [10] It is not a true fruit wine, as the plums are not fermented. It is commonly drunk mixed with soda or in a cocktail. [11]
Maesil-ju (Korean: 매실주; Hanja: 梅實酒), also called plum wine, plum liquor, or plum liqueur, is an alcoholic drink infused with maesil (plums).The exact origins of Maesil-ju are unknown, but it is thought to date back to the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) [1].
Prunus salicina ( syn. Prunus triflora or Prunus thibetica ), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, [ 2] is a small deciduous tree native to China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. It is an introduced species in Korea, Japan, Israel, the United States, and Australia. Prunus salicina should not be confused with Prunus mume, a related ...
Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. [ 3] It is native to Southeast Europe [ 4][ 5][ 6] and Western Asia, [ 3][ 7] and is naturalised in the British Isles [ 4] and scattered locations in North America. [ 8][ 9][ 10] Also naturalized in parts of SE Australia where it is considered to be ...