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There are 52,000 bottles of Japanese black tea.
It's called Black Magic.
You can take 5 years in one box.
I'm not a big fan of the blues.
I check the quality by checking the taste, sound, and smell.
I was a baby when I started raising kids.
Next time you harvest, you'll be a grown man and you'll be sent out into the world.
One bottle can double the price of a normal mass-produced white wine.
The chefs of the whole country are looking for the smooth taste of black rice.
Black rice is one of the most important Japanese spices.
坂本黒 is one of the eight houses in the Fukasan Prefecture of southern Japan.
I'm using this 200-year-old fermentation method.
But, increasing production is almost impossible.
Because it's difficult to increase land.
We went to Japan in the mountain.
I've seen this classic black tea recipe still look good.
Kenji will start working at the manufacturing plant in Sakai.
It's 8pm.
He's been working here for 40 years.
The black is the only one of the three materials in black.
The craftsmen raise black bears from the neighborhood birthplace.
They steam rice, mix the mould to make wine and castor oil.
This is called a goji, the first material to be put into a bottle.
Kenji fills the rest with ordinary steamed yellow rice.
It's a little tangy and acidic.
Then, he adds 9 gallons of fresh water from the natural spring rain.
The last layer of black people will climb on top.
It's changed to a thin mold later.
It'll be a mold to protect other bacteria from entering.
Master players usually pack bottles in the spring rain.
The temperature is right.
This particular area has the perfect atmosphere to make black tea.
年間、相当の暖かい天気によって
The natural temperature outside makes the fermentation accelerate.
In a three- to six-month process.
Mold turns into sugar, turns into alcohol.
When the yeast ferments, it becomes more intense and rich in flavor.
It takes about three years for the first yellow color to ferment.
Mr. Source will examine all 52,000 bottles and confirm the fermentation status.
This has been going on for a year.
You know, smell, color, taste, and so on.
Each bottle takes time to ferment in its own space.
But most of the black color can be fermented in three years.
Mr. Source chooses a few bottles to ferment more than five bottles.
That bottle is the most expensive bottle.
When you ferment this bottle, it will taste stronger and richer.
After that, the sound of "buuk buuk" will come out.
At first it sounds like "pōkōpōko".
A little more fermentation will progress and it will change to a strong sound of ガー.
This company sells at all stages of fermentation.
This bottle plays a vital role in fermentation.
The dark side absorbs heat from the sun.
The thickness of the paint allows you to continue to ferment.
Sakamoto-kun has been fermenting pearl cans for over 200 years.
And they will end at the end of the century.
This company has had about 1,000 pearl cans for two centuries.
Pearl Can is a 420-year-old family business run by a 15th-century potter.
This is a long-standing relationship between Sakamoto and Edo.
Since the 18th century, black tea has been made in Fuzhou.
In the early 20th century, there were about 24 black-owned houses here.
But after the World War, many of the shops were closed.
The government has banned the operation of food products and the use of rice.
坂本黒津 used sweet potato instead of rice.
There are only eight black shops left.
The largest store covers 35,000 square meters.
It's the size of six American football fields.
秋広坂本 is the sixth generation to run the family business.
Black作りは時代とともに形を変えながら
I want to keep my English for the future.
There's a shop.
The customer can taste your food.
I learned the best way to make a book too.
Like oil and flavor.
is one of the basic spices used in Japanese cuisine.
Usually it matures in three months.
Modern technology will be ready in a few days.
The natural process of the Black Years
It's lighter and less sour than the usual.
Your store's sweet pork is the most popular item in the menu.
1,000 ml of black tea costs about $20.
It's twice the price of a normal mass production.
It's more expensive as you get older.
But Akihirou doesn't worry about low-priced competitors.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Japan
In 2015 it was recognized as a black belt with a topographic marker.
This way, in this area, the real black people are
This technique can be used to create
Like champagne, black pepper is not produced in certain regions of France.
But, Akihiro, now, all the country's chefs and guests
I've been looking for you for years.
This company, jam, pump sauce, flavored drinks etc.
We're expanding our product line, including the ones in black.
The health benefits of drinking black tea are:
Weight loss, cholesterol decrease, energy increase and so on.
In research, people who use it always see benefits.
However, it is normal if used in conjunction with other healthy lifestyle habits.
But it's not easy to expand the scope.
Most of the areas of Fukushima have already been taken.
Moving to another place.
It means losing the geographic marker.
We need a flat space to expand the range.
And, the ground is very narrow.
And, there is no way to speed up the natural fermentation process.
You can also change the size of the pot.
So, now, he is able to make 52,000 books pots.
This business will never go to waste.
This black-tzu recipe has no rivals at the moment.
And, you don't need a veteran master like Kenji.
The quality is top notch.
