SEKITOBA Matcha
Kagoshima matcha and green tea enter during fermentation, before distillation. Two differently distilled spirits are then blended: sweet-potato depth carries into matcha’s gentle bitterness and the fresh line of sencha, while the product remains legally classified as honkaku imo shochu.
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Sensory profile
Integrated in fermentation, not mixed in at the end
Kagoshima matcha and green tea are added during fermentation. They pass through distillation as part of the production design, distinguishing this product from a liqueur or a finished spirit simply flavoured with tea after the fact.
Depth and freshness composed separately
The final expression blends two spirits with different roles. Atmospheric distillation preserves breadth and sweet-potato depth; low-temperature distillation carries a lighter, more lifted tea character. Their meeting creates the product’s progression rather than a single uniform note.
Sweet potato, gentle matcha bitterness, fresh sencha
The sequence begins with the soft sweetness and savoury depth of imo shochu, moves through matcha’s measured bitterness, and closes with a fresh green-tea line. Tea is present as structure and transition, not as a sweetened flavour cue.
Tea placed inside the structure of shochu
Introduced in 2025, SEKITOBA MATCHA treats tea as part of fermentation and distillation rather than as a surface flavour. That production choice allows the character of Kagoshima tea to remain connected to the body of honkaku imo shochu.
Question 1
Where does the tea on this page come from?
- Shizuoka Prefecture
- Kagoshima Prefecture
- Okinawa Prefecture
Read the answer and explanation
Correct answer: B — Kagoshima Prefecture
The page specifies Kagoshima-grown matcha and green tea.
Question 2
How are the two distilled components brought together?
- Atmospheric- and low-temperature-distilled spirits are blended
- Only secondary fermentation in the bottle is used
- Only cask-aged spirit is used
Read the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A — Atmospheric- and low-temperature-distilled spirits are blended
The final spirit blends two components distilled by different methods.
Question 3
How is the product classified on this page?
- Sake
- Fruit wine
- Honkaku imo shochu
Read the answer and explanation
Correct answer: C — Honkaku imo shochu
Despite its matcha name, the page classifies it as honkaku imo shochu.
Three stages: sweetness, bitterness, freshness
What is recorded above is a soft sweet-potato sweetness moving into a gentle matcha bitterness, closing on a clean, sencha-like freshness. Tea appears not as a sweet flavour but as a structure that carries the taste through its stages. What follows are four directions that follow those three stages. They are not pairings the distillery states officially.
Three houses for tradition, innovation and continuity
Hamada Shuzo was founded in 1868 in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima. Its three-house structure assigns distinct roles to Denbee-gura, Denzouin-gura and Kanayama-gura, allowing historical methods, modern development and long-term continuity to remain visible within one producer.
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