KI NO TEA - Kyoto dry Gin - 45.10%
The Kyoto Distillery is Japan’s first dedicated artisanal gin distillery. It is based in Minami-Ku, in the south part of Kyoto City, close to the Fushimi region, famed for hundreds of years for its production of nihon-shu (Japanese Sake). This location offers an abundance of raw materials: the soft waters of Fushimi and a huge selection of locally-grown ingredients such as yuzu, sansho and the legendary teas of Uji.
KI NO TEA is the result of the collaboration with tea-grower and blender Hori-Shichimeien, founded in the Meiji era in 1879. Based in the famous Uji region to the south of Kyoto city, a number of super-premium Uji teas have been specially selected to form the heart of KI NO TEA. Tencha and Gyokuro provide intense aromas and depth of flavour with a wonderful sweetness that occurs naturally in the distillation of these superior teas. The Kyoto distillery use leaves harvested in the Okunoyama tea yard, that dates back to 1300’s, and blend carefully with a secret botanical recipe used only in KI NO TEA.