Bokbunja ju

Bokbunja ju (hangul: 복분자주; hanja: 覆盆子酒; also spelled bokbunjaju, bokbunja-ju, or bokbunjajoo, and also called bokbunja wine) is a Korean traditional wine made from fermented Korean black raspberries called bokbunja (hangul: 복분자; hanja: 覆盆子; Rubus coreanus). The main ingredient, bokbunja, is harvested at the early June. After getting rid of impurities, brewers of Bokbunja ju have the harvested bokbunja ferment with some sugar for a week. Adding alcohol to the fermented bokbunja, they have it ripen and it becomes bokbunja ju. Bokbunja ju is crimson in color and sweet. It has between 14% and 16% alcohol. Especially, Korean men enjoy drinking it in a sense that it is believed to be very good for male sexual stamina. In that sense, there has been a saying that “after drinking bokbunja ju, men can throw a chamber pot with their urine.”