Product description
The fruit is first immersed in alcohol to 40% to finish at 17% with a particularly high concentration of sugar. Choya is the most renowned producer of Umeshu, both in Japan and abroad, ranking eighth in the world among the brands of liquor, growing constantly. The Umeshu is alcohol-based Ume, a fruit often referred to as 'plum japanese'. Ume (scientific name: Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) is often mistaken for plum (scientific name: Prunus domestica L.), which is in the same group, namely Rosaceae Prunus. However, these two fruits have very different characteristics.