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Kuchikamizake (口噛み酒, mouth-chewed sake) or kuchikami no sake (口噛みの酒) is a type of sake, rice-based brewed alcohol, produced by a process involving human saliva as a fermentation starter. Kuchikamizake was one of the earliest types of Japanese alcoholic drinks.
Sake pressed into one to (斗, 18-liter (4.0 imp gal; 4.8 U.S. gal)) bottles (斗瓶, "tobin") with the brewer selecting the best sake of the batch for shipping. Tōji 杜氏 The head sake brewer at a sake brewery Tokubetsu Honjōzō-shu 特別本醸造酒 Special Genuine brew, to differentiate from a brewery's regular Honjōzō
Sake bottle, Japan, c. 1740 Sake barrel offerings at the Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Kamakura Sake, saké (酒, sake, / ˈ s ɑː k i, ˈ s æ k eɪ / SAH-kee, SAK-ay [4] [5]), or saki, [6] also referred to as Japanese rice wine, [7] is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.
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Other common names include Habu Sake or Okinawan Snake Wine. Habushu is named after the habu snake, Protobothrops flavoviridis , which belongs to the pit viper subfamily of vipers, and is closely related to the rattlesnake and copperhead . [ 1 ]
From his experience working in Japanese sake breweries, Harper realized that sake needed to reach a wider audience in order to survive the modern world of liquor enthusiasts. [6] To that end, he published his second book in 2006 entitled The Book of Sake: A Connoisseurs Guide with the intended audience being both national and international sake ...
Sake can be served in a wide variety of cups; here is a sakazuki (flat saucer-like cup), ochoko (small cylindrical cup), and masu (wooden box cup). A sake set (酒器, shuki) consists of the flask and cups used to serve sake. Sake sets are most often in Japanese pottery, but may be wood, lacquered wood, glass or plastic. The flask and cups may ...
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