Japanese

A. country where sake breweries date to the Edo period, Suntory poured the first whisky in 1923, the Yamazaki distillery shaped a global single-malt category, the matcha ceremony was codified in the sixteenth century, and Asahi and Kirin built lager into a national language. We pulled together every drink worth knowing — eight glasses, deep — from the bartenders, tōji, and tea masters who keep the rituals.

Japanese sits under Drink in the HowTo Food menu. Guides for this section are still being brought over from the original edition.