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LITTLE KISS Tea Liqueur

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LITTLE KISS · Higashi Shuzo · Kagoshima City · EST. 1915

LITTLE KISS Tea Liqueur

リトルキス紅茶

Tokunoshima Benifuki black tea is infused into rice shochu, bringing fragrant tea, refined sweetness and a light finish together.

Tea liqueur

CategoryTea liqueur
OriginKagoshima City
BaseRice shochu
SignatureTokunoshima Benifuki tea
ABV14%
Volume720 ml

How it is made

Infusing black-tea aroma into rice shochu

Its character comes from the way the main ingredient meets the base spirit. Two choices are central to the result.

01

Selecting Benifuki tea

Tokunoshima leaves bring a soft, fragrant black-tea character.

02

Infusing into rice shochu

Tea aroma and gentle grip are extracted, then rounded with sweetness.

The result

Fragrant tea without excessive grip

The clarity of rice shochu supports the tea and leaves lightness after the sweetness.

Taste profile

Black-tea aroma, refined sweetness and light grip

Black-tea aroma, refined sweetness and light grip

Fragrant tea opens into rounded sweetness; bitterness and tannin stay gentle, leaving a light finish.

Food affinities

Dishes that layer onto black tea’s aroma

LITTLE KISS Tea Liqueur steeps Tokunoshima-grown benifuuki black tea in kome shochu. The pairings below are not an official recommendation from the producer, but a reading based on the flavor characteristics recorded on this page.

Benifuuki’s floral tea aromaGrilled sweet potato with sesame, Thai tea custard (khanom mor kaeng cha), Earl Grey pound cake. The floral tea aroma of benifuuki echoes desserts and dishes built on tea leaf aroma.
Elegant sweetnessWagashi with smooth red bean paste (koshian), khanom mo kaeng (Thai custard cake), crème brûlée. The elegant sweetness echoes delicately sweetened desserts.
Light tanninRoasted chestnuts, pad kana (Thai stir-fried Chinese kale), dark chocolate ganache. The light tannin from the tea leaf echoes ingredients carrying their own gentle bitterness.
A clean, light finish from rice shochuChilled tofu with ginger, yum makheua (Thai steamed eggplant salad), ricotta bruschetta. The clarity and light finish from the rice shochu base echo lighter, cleaner dishes.

Following the shared-aroma-compound idea in The Science of Food Pairing (summary), this reading pairs benifuuki’s floral tea aroma with desserts built on tea leaf aroma. The way its light tannin resonates with gently bitter ingredients follows the bitterness axis described in Logical Pairing.

Pairing guide — Umeshu

The producer

Higashi Shuzo in Kagoshima City

Higashi Shuzo is based in Kagoshima City. For this liqueur, it brings ingredient selection and established production craft together in a distinctly Japanese expression.

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