This is the Suntory Mitsuya Fruit Soda Plum, featuring a carbonated fruit soda with 1% juice from sumomo plums.
The beverage presented with a transparent golden hue and soft effervescence. Aroma opened with sweet-tart, apricot-like notes reminiscent of ume, but with a rounder aromatic sweetness.
Initial contact delivered a fresh, juicy sumomo presence, beginning with mellow sweetness before developing through the mid-palate into a deeper, sweet-tart, jammy plum profile. The flavour carried through to an aromatic finish, with the carbonation lifting the palate and leaving a clean aftertaste. While ume-adjacent, the sumomo flavour was distinguishable through its lighter, more aromatic plum profile, with a juicier sweetness and less pronounced tartness than the sharper sourness commonly associated with ume.
Overall, a carbonated plum soda with a progression from fresh, juicy sweetness to a deeper, jammy plum profile, with soft effervescence lifting the flavour and keeping the finish clean.
This Suntory Mitsuya Fruit Soda Plum contained 500 mL. It was produced in Japan and purchased in Sydney, Australia, in 2026.