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The first Umami Mart publication features 20 of our favorite simple Japanese recipes culled from the popular Japanify column by Yoko Kumano.

Send cheery season's greetings with these sweet Studio Arhoj Holiday Cards. A pack comes up with 8 cards and envelopes, each featuring a different design.

We have two new bitters bottles that we've added to our collection: The Beveled Bitters Bottle and the Bulb Bitters Bottle.

Bartender's Toolkits come with a Diamond Cut Mixing Glass and your choice of stainless steel or 24K gold-plated stainless steel bartools. Made in Japan.

Make yourself the ultimate autumn-flavored drink with Pumpkin Bitters. This seasonal infusion is made by Workhorse Rye, a San Francisco-based distiller.

Stock your Halloween candy bowl with something more interesting than Hershey's, Reese's, and Tootsie Rolls – get a bag (or two) of Green Tea Kit Kats!

This Gose is made using Hitachino Nest's signature White Ale and adding unripe green Japanese plums and Japanese sea salt, for a sour, fruity, savory beer.

These hand-cast porcelain lanterns have a compartment for a tea candle or tea light, so you can see a comforting glow emanating from their eyes.

Tart, tangy ume (Japanese plum) is a wonderful complementary bitters flavor that gives a unique, puckery punch to cocktails, like the Ume Sour.

1210 More Very Good Cocktails by Stew Ellington focuses on the new wave of craft cocktails. Fun to read, comprehensive, and practical.

We now carry 4 beers from Kizakura, a Kyoto brewery that's one of Japan's top sake producers: Alt, Flavor of Sake Brewery, Kolsch, and Yamadanishiki Ale.

Check out the Yukiwa Stainless Steel Sake Cup with Tin Lining. The tin improves sake's flavor, making dry sake softer, milder, and less bitter.

This strainer is for bartenders and home cocktail enthusiasts who are looking for a tool that's unique in design, yet reliably well-made and durable.

The Yukiwa 3-piece Stainless Steel Jumbo Cobbler Shakers hold 27 ounces, 10 more ounces than our standard Cobbler Shakers. Made in Japan.

Fill our new Diamond Cut Glass Bedside Carafe Set with water (or whisky) and say goodnight to getting out of bed to quench your thirst.

Far Leaves Tea in Berkeley sources exceptionally high-quality teas from around the world. We now carry three of their premium teas.

With colorful Art Deco illustrations by Gilbert Rumbold, this updated version of The Savoy Cocktail Book features 750 recipes from the legendary hotel.

Our newest glasses from Toyo-Sasaki up the bling times two – diamond cut glass and gold edging along the lip – but are still tasteful and elegant.

Handmade by Studio Arhoj in Copenhagen, Summer Bowls come in two finishes: Llama Fur and Black Sheep. Perfect for chilled noodle dishes and salads.

Here are five proper beer glasses that we carry at Umami Mart, and the best brews to drink out of them for maximum enjoyment.