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In article <1992Jul16.130534.24762@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp> kuno@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp (Yasushi Kuno) writes:

 >
 >Hi,...
 >markd@csl.sj.nec.com (Mark Dyer) writes:
 >> When I was in Japan a couple years ago I was introduced to a drink
 >> called a "chu-hai." (At least I think that's what it's called, every
 >> time I described it to someone, they told me a different name for it.
 >
 >    Chu-hai, yes.  It's very popular drink in Japan now.
 >
 >> Anyway, as near as I can tell, it's made with shochu, fruit juice and
 >> some tonic water. They go down like Seven Ups. You don't notice the
 >> alcohol until you try to stand up, then it is VERY clear that you
 >> weren't drinking 7-ups. I liked them. Maybe a little too much! (*^;^*)
 >
 >    Yes, shochu --- sprits made from potatos, or oats, or some other
 >grains --- is cheap traditional drink in Japan for a long time, but
 >it's strong, so someone has think up of mixing them with tonic water
 >and fruit flavor and named it chu-hai.  Since then there was a kind
 >of chu-hai boom in Japan (about 10 years ago?), and now it's very popular.
 >Cheap, but strong (if you mix enough shochu).
 >
 >    Near my house is a company which produce bottles of tonic water with
 >various fruit flavor (lemon, plum, apple, orange, ...) added, so that
 >simply mixing them with shochu will result in chu-hai.  It's very easy.
 >But I recently found that mixing lime-flavored one with some gins will
 >produce gin lime :-)
 >
 >    Mark, I guess you can find shochu somewhere around.  Tonic water
 >and fruit juce (or fresh lemon/lime/...) are even more easyer to get.
 >Then, you can easily enjoy chu-hai.  Why not?
 >
 >							      Yasushi Kuno

What about hangovers. I always get some the day after drinking sake, but
i've never experienced hangover due to shochu. Which is strongest?

I like hot sake a lot, but i simple can't handle the next day hangover.

D. Cavendish
Kyushu Institute of Technology
E-mail: dirceu@taurus.cse.kyutech.ac.jp