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All
Japanese restaurants have traditional/popular Japanese
beverages: Sake, Green Tea, and other beverages. Japanese
Restaurant Guides introduces you some brief history of
those beverages and how to taste them. |
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 Green
Tea
Green Tea was originally discovered in China; it
was brought to Japan by Buddhist monks more than
a few thousand years ago. Since then, Green Tea
has been consumed as the most popular and healthy
beverage among Japanese people. Green Tea is very
healthy drink; it contains vitamins, minerals, and
antioxidants. (+ less caffeine, comparing to coffee
or tea.) In addition, some researchers report that
green tea lowers the blood sugar level (more information:
Sushi & Tofu " Green
Tea Lowers the Blood Sugar Level "),
prevents cancer, high cholesterol, and other disease.
It is also true that the aroma of green tea relaxes
you a lot.
Japanese Restaurant Guides recommends:
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Beer
Japanese people love beer, too; they enjoy "Beer-Bubble"
passing thru throat. Oppose to traditional sake,
beer is considered more likely "typical & daily
life" beverage. Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin are some
of the most popular brands that are found in the
US, too.
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Shochu
Shochu is a Japanese traditional distilled spirit:
distilled version of Sake. Shochu recipe was brought
to Okinawa, and it has been produced
mostly the Southern area of Japan. Shochu is made
of rice and some regional ingredients (mainly local
crops).
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Japanese
Plum Wine (Ume-Shu)
Japanese plum wine is made of plums; it is sweet
alcoholic drink.
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Wine
Recently wine becomes more popular in Japan. Since
the origin of wine is Western countries, Japanese
people normally drink imported wines even though
there are a few Japanese ones.
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Copyright
© 2003 Sushi and Tofu
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Sake
has been making in Japan since wet rice cultivation
was introduced in the third century BC. Sake is
made of rice and water, combining with sake yeast
(Koji). There are various regional kinds of sake
in Japan; also, sake can be consumed either cold
or hot. So, sake could be enjoyed in any seasons
and with any food! In fact, sake could work well
to dissolve the smell of seafood or meat. Most sake
has 15-20% alcohol; thus, it is one of the strongest
alcohol, comparing to other alcohol (Beer: 5%, Wine:
12-13%) 
