So easy to drink it lures you in — a black koji imo shochu
A black koji imo shochu from Mitsutake Shuzojo. Kagoshima Kogane Sengan sweet potatoes are trimmed carefully to keep off-flavours out, and a coarse filtration keeps the sweetness and depth. The name comes from the dark image of black koji — and from how easily it lures you in.
How to enjoy it
With hot water: water first, then shochu, 5:5 — Mitsutake recommends about 70°C
On the rocks, with a splash of room-temperature water