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Kokumi Sake 101
What is Kokumi?Q 1
Kokumi
• 1. sweet
• 2. sour
• 3. bitter
• 4. salty
• 5. umami
• 6. kokumi
• Kokumi is a Japanese word can be roughly translated as "heartiness", and does not have a taste of its own but enhances other tastes.
• Kokumi compounds can be found most prominently in aged steaks and cheeses. The eastern diet contains more foods that are rich in kokumi. (Term Wiki )
A: “Kokumi” is the sixth taste, or “heartiness”
What is this fish?Q 2
Gyotaku art
• Gyotaku (from gyo "fish" + taku "rubbing") is the traditional method of Japanese fish printing, dating from the mid‐1800s. This form of nature printing may have been used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an artformon its own.
• As a form of art, Gyotaku is also practiced around the world. (Wikipedia)
A: The fish is gyotaku, a fish printing art.
Gyotakuartist.com
Wikipedia
What is Tokubetsu?Q 3
Tokubetsu Junmai
• “Tokubetsu Junmai “ indicates the use of highly polished , very special sake rice.
• Kokumi sake uses traditional handcrafted methods and only the fines natural ingredients to create the robust, classic‐style sake .
• Type of sake: Tokubetsu Junmai
• Type of rice: Miyama‐nishiki
• Polishing rate: 60%
• SMV: +4 (Dry)
A: Tokubetsu means “Special”.
Junmai
Ginjo
Daiginjo
NigoriUnfiltered
70 % ~60%
60%-50%
50%~
Tokubetsu Junmai
How about the taste?
Q 4
Gold Medal, 93 points“Exceptional”Best Buy At The 2013 World Sake Challenge
Tasting Notes
Bright aromas of baked apple. Asian pear, rice pudding, and dried flowers with a medium/full‐bodied, silky honey finish, make this savory, umami‐driven sake a perfect partner to tempura, sushi and sashimi. Serve cold. (Beverage Testing Institute, Chicago)
• The Kokumi Brewery is located in the North Kanto region, about 100 miles north west of Tokyo.
• This area is well known for its mountain spring water and gorgeous mountain flowers that decorate the landscape in spring and summer.
• Kokumi Brewery, built in 1994, has introduced modern technology to enhance its traditional craft. Kokumi offers one of the finest sakes of Japan, fusing the best of ancient and present‐day Japan.
Our Brewery, Our Craft
How to decode a Japanese sake label?
酒、さけ、Sake
特別純米限定酒
Tokubetsu Junmai, Gentei‐shu (a limited production)
特別純米
Tokubetsu Junmai(Special Pure Rice Sake)
こくみ
Kokumi
謹製
The brewery’s seal(meaning “Carefully
produced”)
SAKE QUIZ!!
KANPAI!!