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TIL Kuchikamikaze is a type of Sake made out of boiled rice that has been further chewed by chosen (beautiful and young virgin) women. The chewed out rice is then left for fermentation before distilling it as Kuchikamikaze (literally: mouth-chewed sake). Kampai!

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