3rd June – 水無月
Have you ever tried 梅酒(Ume shu) before? It is a type of sake, soaking hard plum in the liquor for a while. 梅酒 uses plums which are picked in June, the green hard ones, Therefore now is the perfect time for making your own 梅酒 at home!
How to make 梅酒
1. Prepare plums which are green, hard and does not ripen. Remove the stems from all the plums.
2. Wash them well. And totally dry them.
3. Prepare the huge bin, sterilize with hot water and dry it well. When it dries, wipe it with alcohol sterilization.
4. Put the plums and rock sugar alternately, then pour liquor (such as 焼酎Shochu).
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5. Seal the bin and preserve it in the dark cool place.
After 3months, you can enjoy your handmade 梅酒. Even you can keep preserve it just like a wine.
There are various ways to enjoy drinking 梅酒, some examples are following;
-ロック(Rock): one huge ice on the glass therefore it’s stronger than other way.
-ソーダ割り( Soda wari): mixed with Soda so it has refreshing taste.
-クラッシュロック (crush rock): full of small iced in a glass.
梅酒 is very popular drink in Japan, especially many girls love the tastes. If you are interested, why don’t you try it onetime!:)
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Love to Ayamochi.
But over here the Covid-19 Lock-down is very strict.
Only limited time is allowed to for daily need shopping.
and in top it’s hard to find plum here. If you even cross the second of officials given time for shopping. The police sticks you hard at the back of your very own body which gets even more red and dark than ripe plums.
But you know After reading this blog
Why, I don’t know I wanna be Thrill-seeker and relish sourly plum wine taste.
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Hahaha maybe it’s not a good idea to pick plums in Nepal right now, considering that punishment…haha Now in Japan, the restriction is less than before therefore so many people go outside. Then you know what happened: another Covid-19 epidemic have been happening!!!
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