30 Liqueurs I've Actually Bought and Loved, Recommended by a 15-Year Online Shopping Veteran

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Today, I will introduce the liqueurs I have bought and loved so far.
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1. St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur

I bought this while looking for an unusual liqueur. I didn't know the scent of elderflower could be this good. It's great for adding sweetness to fruit cocktails. My absolute favorite is the French Gimlet, where I use it instead of simple syrup. In the hot season, I find myself wanting to gulp it down like juice.

2. [An Adult's Luxurious 'Swamp' Experience] Strawberry Liqueur, Umenoyado

This is a fruit liqueur from Umenoyado Brewery.
It is a liqueur packed with fruit pulp, blended from two varieties of strawberries: the Chilean 'Camarosa' and the domestic 'Amaou'.
Each 200ml bottle uses 11 strawberries, and it features natural sweetness and acidity without any artificial flavors or colors.
It's not too sweet and just right.
The alcohol content is 5%, and it is based on spirits and sake.
Just like the impression of the vibrant red bottle, a rich strawberry aroma spreads the moment you open it.
There is a high degree of freedom in how to use it.
If you drink it chilled and straight, you can directly enjoy the thick texture of the fruit pulp.
If you mix it with carbonated water, it becomes a refreshing sparkling cocktail, and if you combine it with milk, it transforms into a mellow strawberry milk style.
When I tried pouring it over vanilla ice cream, it became a treat that can be enjoyed like a dessert. Since it has been getting hot lately, pouring it over ice cream is my current favorite way to eat it.
I am soothed by the luxurious mouthfeel of the chunky fruit pulp.
The appeal is that the sweet and sour taste of the strawberries is captured as-is with the realistic texture of the pulp and natural flavor, without any artificial taste.
It is neatly packed in a gift box, and the packaging has a high-class feel, making it perfect for a small gift.

3. Caffo Vecchio Amaro del Capo

It has a medicinal and herbal flavor, and it is sweet and easy to drink.
I drink it as a digestif after a meal.
It feels like it aids digestion, which is nice.
One bottle for the home. One bottle for the home bar. The bottle is beautiful, too. The packaging is stylish!
Hmm, it really feels like a herbal liqueur.
I like it.

4. Sambuca Extra

It feels more natural to call it MOLINARI.
When you loosen the bottle cap and enjoy the aroma, a sense of happiness already fills you.
It is the scent of licorice.
It is helpful for promoting health—that is a fact—but setting that aside, could there be any greater pleasure?

5. Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto

The blue of the bottle is very beautiful. And the aroma is wonderful.
I spent a while looking at the bottle and smelling the aroma.
When I took a sip, there was a citrus sweetness, which I think is very deep,
but it is not cloying, and I can also feel the acidity, so it feels like a sweet and sour richness.
And when it goes down the throat, there is a sharp bitterness.
The overall balance is good, and it feels very elegant.
It is 20% alcohol, but because it is rich in sweetness, you can drink it straight,
but it would be even easier to enjoy on the rocks or mixed with soda.

6. BAILEYS Original Irish Cream

When I told a friend that I often drink Kahlua, they told me there is something similar called Irish Cream. When I looked it up, I saw an explanation that unlike the coffee liqueur Kahlua, it is whiskey mixed with fresh cream?
I was excited and tried drinking it.
There were recommendations to drink it on the rocks or pour it over ice cream, but I had soy milk, so I mixed it with soy milk and it was so delicious that I gulped it down!
It is incredibly delicious, but this is fattening... but it's delicious so I want to drink it... a conflict arose.

7. Suntory Mistia

I've drunk many liqueurs in search of delicious alcohol, but this Mistia is top-tier.
The sweet, elegant scent of Muscat is like perfume, and the taste feels more like a dessert than an alcoholic beverage.
Since the flavor is on the richer side, I recommend drinking it on the rocks with a little extra ice.
If you drink it well-chilled, you can really drink as much as you want, so be careful not to overdo it.
For those who usually drink plum wine, this is definitely a great next step!
The world of alcohol is wider than you can imagine.

8. Disaronno Amaretto

I often drink whiskey, so I bought this to try making a cocktail called a Godfather.
Well, first I smelled it when it arrived... wow... this is a soft, elegant scent of apricot kernels...
It's not that harsh benzaldehyde smell you get in a lab, but a pleasant aroma.
I tried it on the rocks... the mouthfeel is smooth and easy to drink... I could drink it just like this... that's how it feels.
Now... for the Godfather I was curious about... oh my, I was surprised at how it transformed into such a wonderful drink.
It was a drink full of surprises like this.
As mentioned above, it is generally easy to drink and lacks the harshness of alcohol, so it's a product that even those who don't like alcohol can enjoy casually.

9. Dita Lychee

This is a very delicious drink with a sweet lychee scent.
Drinking it as is is fine, but mixing it with Bombay Sapphire and cider is the best, as the sweet scent of lychee matches the crisp, refreshing scent of juniper berries.
It is an easy-to-drink liqueur that even beginners to alcohol can easily get into.
It's a flavor that even people who find the aftertaste of beer unpleasant can enjoy.

10. Frangelico

From the moment you open the cap, the sweet, enchanting scent of roasted hazelnuts spreads out. This scent alone is extremely valuable, and its relaxing effect is outstanding.
If you dilute it with carbonated water, you can fully enjoy the scent of hazelnuts. Adding lime as suggested by the manufacturer adds a nice freshness, but personally, I prefer Frangelico with just soda water.
I'm not looking to get drunk on this type of liqueur, but I always choose this one because I want an authentic aroma that you can't get from non-alcoholic cordials.

11. SDKWDH Tiffin Tea Liqueur

I like Darjeeling Coolers, but since it's not the kind of era where you can go out to drink, I bought this to make them myself.
When I looked up the recipe, it seemed like raspberry liqueur was also needed, but I cheaped out and made it with just lemon juice and ginger ale.
Delicious, it's delicious. The alcohol goes down well with nuts as a snack.
Just because you don't have ginger ale, don't go mixing it with tonic water or plain carbonated water.
The flavor of the Tiffin will disappear.
Ginger ale is the only choice. Got it?

12. [The Ultimate Tea Liqueur] RETURNER Earl Grey

I tried 'Returner,' which is touted as the 'ultimate tea liqueur.' In conclusion, this is a liqueur that offers a new experience that tea lovers will find irresistible.
From the moment I opened the bottle, I was surprised by the scent. A deep, rich aroma of tea leaves wafted out, as if I had stepped into a high-end tea shop. It stands apart from common artificial flavorings, and the natural sweetness and rich aroma of high-quality tea leaves are firmly reproduced. At this point, my expectations were already high.
First, a sip on the rocks. When you put it in your mouth, the first thing you feel is the mellow sweetness inherent to tea, followed by a faint astringency. This is an exquisite balance, and you can feel the deliciousness of the tea condensed within it. The alcohol sensation is restrained, and it feels more like drinking high-quality iced tea than a liqueur.

When I tried it with water, the scent of the tea spread even more brilliantly, and the mouthfeel became even lighter. If you usually drink sours, I also recommend mixing it with carbonated water to make a tea sour. If you want to keep the sweetness down, mixing it with unsweetened carbonated water allows you to enjoy the tea flavor more directly.

Personally, mixing it with milk was also exquisite. It was like drinking rich royal milk tea!

13. Fauchon Tea Liqueur

The tea-based alcohol I drank at an ethnic bar that had hookahs and mysterious milk was delicious, and when I suddenly remembered and looked for it, I found it!
As for how to drink it, sipping it slowly on the rocks or straight is good, but just adding a little to your favorite tea is enough to enjoy a stylish atmosphere.
As a pro tip, mixing it with hot barley tea turns it all into tea, so I especially recommend it for lazy weekend nights.
It's hard to feel the harshness of the alcohol despite its strength, so I think even those who aren't good with alcohol might get hooked. I'm one of them.
It's been getting cold lately, so it's become a trend for me to start my engine with hot milk and Fauchon on mornings when I don't want to move.

14. CAMPARI 750ml

When I was young, I saw adults drinking Campari and thought it looked delicious, but when I tried it for the first time, I was shocked by the bitterness, which was the opposite of how it looked. (Back then, many people drank it on the rocks.) Recently, easy-to-drink, synthetic-tasting, low-malt beer-like cocktails have flooded the market, but if you're going to drink something like that at home, keeping a bottle of this on hand is a cheaper way to enjoy a delicious drink. A standard bottle (750ml) provides 25 servings. Drink it on the rocks before bed, mixed with soda as an aperitif, or mixed with juice for daytime drinking. You can also add a splash to beer or wine in the summer, or to gin in the winter for an accent. If you have lemon or orange peel, it will also add a nice crispness.

15. Stolichnaya Salted Karamel

A liqueur that tastes like rich caramel melted down. The sharp alcohol and sweet caramel make for a very good combination. You can feel the same deliciousness as when you drink vodka mixed with ice cream.
I highly recommend drinking it straight as a dessert after a meal.
Just be careful, it's so delicious that it's easy to drink too much.

16. De Kuyper Liqueur

I bought this after seeing it recommended as a liqueur that goes well with milk.
Judging by the name, I was sure it would be a winner, and it really was a top-tier, full-on sweet liqueur that lived up to its name.
I have a sweet tooth, so I enjoyed it immensely, not just with milk but also mixed with hot tea.
It has a flavor like caramel with a strong buttery aroma, and it was so sweet and delicious that I could even drink it on its own...
It's a fast track to diabetes, so I probably wouldn't recommend drinking it undiluted, but you might want to try a capful just once to check the flavor.

17. Lejay Crème de Cassis

Since it's a famous cassis liqueur, I bought it to try.
I like sweet things, but I couldn't drink the undiluted liquid because it was too sweet.
I often make cassis soda or cassis orange on the stronger side to drink. It was too sweet on its own, but it's delicious when mixed with something. It's so easy to gulp down like juice that I end up drinking too much. I mix it with a ratio of about 1 part cassis to 3-4 parts orange juice.
I didn't drink much alcohol because I don't like carbonation, but thanks to this, I've started drinking more often.
By the way, for orange juice, I recommend something like 'Natchan' which has 40% fruit juice.

18. Suntory Pro-Sour Refreshing Tomato Concentrate

That 'refreshing tomato sour' you drink at an izakaya, now at home, and as much as you want. Isn't this, in a way, a 'trap'?
The 1.8L large capacity gives you a tremendous sense of security the moment it arrives. However, once you start mixing it with carbonated water, its 'refreshing' drinkability becomes your undoing. Because of the exquisite tomato flavor that isn't too sweet and doesn't interfere with your meal, one glass after another empties.
The biggest problem is that instead of just 'recreating the restaurant taste,' you can adjust it to your preferred strength, so it ends up tasting even better than at the restaurant. Before you know it, you'll be horrified by how fast the bottle is emptying, thinking, 'Wait, is it already this low?'
I bought it thinking it would be economical, but since my pace of drinking has increased, it's questionable whether I'm actually saving money.
It's definitely cheaper than drinking out, but keeping this 'magic concentrate' in your fridge requires a certain amount of self-control. If you have a weak will, I strongly recommend stocking up on extra carbonated water.

19. Suntory Hermes Green Tea

I love the matcha milk made with this liqueur, so I bought it so I could drink it at home. I love how it's sweet and the scent of the tea passes through my nose. The 'Sho-yo-ju-rin' (Forest of Evergreen Trees) cocktail made by mixing it with oolong tea also has a nice balance of the tea's bitterness and the liqueur's sweetness, and I think this is something both men and women can enjoy. You can drink it happily and deliciously without getting a bad hangover.

20. Hpnotiq Tropical Fruit Liqueur

It was my undoing to get my hands on this despite being on a low-carb diet; I tried making a Hypnotonic for the first time on a day off, and before I knew it, a third of the bottle was gone.
I've sealed it away because it scared me.
As someone who usually only drinks whiskey, this is so easy to drink that it's like juice, and the flavor is excellent, so if you drink it without thinking, it disappears before you know it.
I also recommend it to those who aren't used to alcohol. It's a very delicious and easy-to-drink liqueur, so please give it a try.

21. KAHLUA Suntory Coffee

This is the Kahlua used for the "Kahlua Milk" found on the menu of every bar.
It is very sweet and an alcohol that is extremely popular with women.
The golden ratio for making Kahlua Milk at home is 1 part Kahlua to 3 parts milk.
Also, when combined with hot milk, it's like a hot café au lait,
and the alcohol helps your body feel "relieved" and warm.
On a late night in late autumn or winter, wrapped in silence, drinking this while listening to jazz is a supreme moment that heals your fatigue.

22. Tatenokawa Tatenokawa Sake Brewery Kodakara Chokai Foothills Yogurt

I drink this on the rocks.
I've drunk several types of yogurt sake that claim to be rich, but the "yogurt sensation" here is overwhelmingly the richest.
Even when mixed with fresh juice or blended with other fruit liqueurs, its presence doesn't fade. I can recommend this to anyone, regardless of gender, who likes drinks like raw milk or lactic acid beverages.

23. Konpai Piña Colada

People who like coconut flavors will likely enjoy this drink as well.
It has the flavor of pineapple and coconut.
The sweetness is refreshing, so I enjoy it mixed with milk
as a fruit milk drink after a bath!
If you want to drink it quickly and feel refreshed,
I think a ratio of about 20% Konpai Piña Colada to 80% milk is best.

24. Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge

When you open it and take a sniff, you get a punch of that distinct Western liquor alcohol scent rather than just plain alcohol. After opening it and letting it touch the air once, then sealing it again for a few days, this alcohol scent mellows out and becomes easier to drink.
My personal favorite way to drink it is to sip it little by little from a small sake cup at room temperature. If you dilute it with ice, water, or soda, the precious strong orange flavor gets diluted, and it becomes hard to appreciate the intense richness and sweetness of the liquor, so I prefer drinking it as is.
I'm not well-versed in baking, but I also like to whip 100ml of heavy cream, mix in a tablespoon of this product (adjusting the amount to let the alcohol evaporate to your liking), a tablespoon of honey, and two small packets of melted value-pack chocolate, then freeze it to make ice cream. I will definitely be buying this again.

25. [Herb Liqueur Using 56 Herbs and Spices] JÄGERMEISTER

Preferences may vary, but if you don't mind a medicinal herb taste, I think you'll find it delicious.
Despite its alcohol content, the alcohol sensation is mild, and the herb aroma and bitterness feel refreshing. It's also not too sweet, which is a plus.
Perhaps because it contains 56 types of medicinal herbs, it slides down the back of your throat as if it's soaking into your very soul.
My personal recommendation is to drink it on the rocks. I thought it was a bit too strong straight, but on the rocks, it becomes just right, making it perfect for a nightcap.

26. Cocalero Clásico

When you take a sip, it's just incredibly sweet.
It's a drink so sweet it makes you wonder if there's sugar in it.
This drink transforms into something incredibly delicious if you mix Cocalero and Spirytus with a base of strong Calpis.
It's so delicious that the only downside is that it's easy to get a bad hangover, but there's no doubt it's a good drink.

27. Josée Tea Liqueur Earl Grey

It is incredibly delicious. It has a refreshing taste, and you can enjoy such a tasty drink just by diluting it with water. I used to always drink Horoyoi Iced Tea, but once you drink this, there's no going back; it's insanely delicious.
I also use it when baking Earl Grey cakes.
I add it to the batter and soak the cake with it after baking, resulting in a cake with a wonderful Earl Grey aroma.
It's low-priced, so I'm grateful I can use it generously.
The fact that it has some sweetness actually turned out to be a good thing.

28. Le Birlou Apple and Chestnut Liqueur

If you drink it straight, an elegant sweetness spreads throughout your mouth, and if you mix it with cold milk, it's like drinking an apple and chestnut pie. On cold days, you can mix it with hot ginger ale for a relaxing moment... I think you can enjoy it in many different ways.
It's a drink I'd like not only women who love sweets to try, but also gentlemen who aren't fond of sweet things.
The label is stylish, too, and it looks good when lined up on a shelf!

29. Chambord Liqueur France

I tried drinking it straight at first, but the flavor was quite intense.
I think it's the type of drink you should enjoy mixed with soda or water, or sip slowly on the rocks while letting the ice melt.
It's amazing mixed with milk!!!
I recommend the golden ratio of 3:1 with milk!
It has a refreshing berry taste that isn't too sweet, so I also recommend it to women who don't drink alcohol very often.

30. Disaronno Velvet

Amaretto is famous, but this adds a milky quality to the sweetness and elegance of Amaretto. It's a huge hit when I serve it to guests. I don't think you'll find it in many bars, either.
It's like a dessert and is very delicious.
I'm not good with strong alcohol, but this was the first liqueur that made me want to drink it on the rocks.
You can enjoy the change in flavor as the ice melts and it becomes mellower!

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