…to the list of things that the chinese completely fuck up with purposeful abandon:
desserts
the olympics
pop music
baby formula and pet food
toys
human rights
child rearing
utensils
and now…
According to Chinese media, baijiu is the best-selling liquor in the world, and Maotai is the most famous brand of baiju–and one of the few available in the United States.
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Maotai is distilled from a blend of sorghum, wheat, and peas. Its taste is tough to describe. Imagine rotten cabbage, ethyl alcohol, and paint thinner, blended and strained. It smells like ammonia; the Wikipedia page for Maotai notes its “solvent and barnyard aromas.” The taste lingers long after swallowing, shadowing the rest of the meal like a culinary revenant.
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