sake master blog
I had a visitor from Japan at Maedaya last week, Takahashi san from CHOYA UMESHU. I met him for the first time last year when I had a sake tasting event in Brisbane and it was very great to see him again almost after 5 months.
It was his second visit to Maedaya and this time, I asked him to try some of my new sake cocktails mainly based with CHOYA UMESHU.
1: BRIDGE CONNECTION (Choya + Lychee + Grapefruit)
2: CHERRY BLOSSOM SHOWER (Choya + Gin + Vermouth + Cranberry)
3: GEISHA WHISPER (Choya + Ramune + Lime)
Takahashi san seemed to enjoy all cocktails but after all I thought I gave him too much UMESHU. (I am sure he wanted to taste something different from CHOYA UMESHU that he drinks all the time.) I got excited too much myself by seeing his face again.
Sorry and thank you for your patient, Takahashi san.
CHOYA UMESHU (Both With Plum & Without Plum) BACK IN STOCK NOW!
In Melbourne, it’s getting cold in night time these days. Warm sake (Atsukan) is a perfect choice simply to warm yourself up. Do you know some sake is suitable for warm up and some is not really for it?
If you are drinking high quality sake such as Ginjo or Daiginjo with a beautiful fragrance, layers of richness & a lot of flavour, I recommend you to drink it in cold or room temperature. Only because once you heat up sake, a fragrance and some of flavour will be changed or faded by evaporation and its taste won’t be as same as its supposed to be.
On the other hand, if you are drinking more reasonable priced sake such as Honjozo or Junmai and if you want to have a taste with more body, impact and dryness, you can heat it up and drink warm or hot. Once you heat up sake, the taste gets more impact and mostly it gets dryer.
To heat up sake at home, you can simply pour sake in coffee cup and microwave it for 1~2mins. Otherwise, you can pour sake into a small sake bottle and leave it in heated water (60~80 degrees) for 1~2mins. Thing is you can control the taste of warm sake by heating time. Every minute changes sake taste dramatically so please try it in a different temperature and find out a profundity of warm sake.
Sake Master's Recommended Warm Sake
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Hatsumago Tokubetsu Honjozo Mineno Sekkei2:
Suishin Junmai Bunano Shizuku3:
Tateyama Ginrei HonjozoHappy Warm Sake Sipping (⌒0⌒)／
This time, I would like to introduce one of my favorite Daiginjo to you.
HANARANMAN KOMACHI DAIGINJO is one of the best products comes from Ranman Shuzo in Akita. It has a beautiful flowery aroma with a honey sweet & rich body. It’s perfect sake to start a meal with or even after the meal as a desert. Usually we only sell by a bottle but this time, we will offer you a glass size for you to enjoy tasting.
Also, a new comer in our Shochu collection is
TANTAKATAN, Shiso Japanese mint Shochu from Hokkaido. It has a very smooth touch on your palate with a slight sour taste just like Japanese plum. It’s so easy to drink on the rock even during the meal.
Please come and try the new products from Japan at Maedaya. Limited time only so don’t miss out !!
MAEDAYA SAKE OF THE MONTH (MARCH 2009)
HANARANMAN KOMACHI DAIGINJO (AKITA / 16% ALC) $18.00 a glass
VERY LIMITED GLASS SELL OFFER!
SHISO SHOCHU TANTAKATAN (HOKKAIDO / 20% ALC) $8.50 a glass
ALSO BOTTLE SELLING AVAILABLE ($65.00 a bottle)
Happy Sipping!
Today, I had an inquiry from one of sake japan customers who had some sake before in Japanese restaurants but he can’t remember what they were. He liked sake but he is not sure which one to start with. So he is asking me some help to choose a nice & reasonable priced bottle to start off with.
Here are my recommendation sake bottles for sake beginners to start with.
1: Tosatsuru Joto Honjozo $33.00 – Dry & Medium Body sake with a light creamy fragrance. For any occasion with your preferred temperature. One of the most reasonable premium sake you can find in Sake Japan.
http://www.sakejapan.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3871202762: Tateyama Ginrei Honjozo $34.00 – Dry & Light flavour sake from Toyama. You would see how smooth & clean this premium sake is when you drink it cold. Once you warm it up, it gets more body in a flavour. It’s hard to find the sake under $35 for this quality.
http://www.sakejapan.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2683330093: Ranman Ginjo Reiryo $55.00- Light & Dry flavour sake with a beautiful fruity fragrance like ripe melon & well balanced sweetness. If you would like to try a bit more delicate & subtle sake, please go with this one.
http://www.sakejapan.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=157100074These three items are my strong recommendation. These bottles will tell you that you don’t need to spend so much to try premium sake. Please start with these bottles to get some ideas.
At Maedaya, lately, I had a few customers who were asking me about Shochu & Awamori. Awamori is the oldest distilled alcohol beverage made in Okinawa, the southern island in Japan. It was invented in late 15 century and it is said Awamori is the origin of Shochu. Awamori is spirit so when it has been aged for a certain time, the taste of Awamori turns much richer and rounder naturally.
Here I pick up 3 authentic Awamori from Okinawa for you as a SPECIAL SAKE TASTING at Maaedaya. If you are looking for something taste stronger than Sake (Nihonshu), you should try Awamori for your new discovery.
MAEDAYA SAKE OF THE MONTH
SPECIAL SAKE TASTING - AWAMORI $13.00
1: KARIYUSHI 45ml (SWEET, FRUITY & MILD)
2: YAESEN 45ml (SWEET & RICH)
3: SEIFUKU FANCY 45ml (STRONG FRAGRANCE & RICHNESS)
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