Ch.5 – Service of Sake Flashcards
What sake drinking ware when tasting sake has the following characteristics:
“On the nose, since the liquid surface area is small and there is limited space to contain aromatic substances, the impression of aroma will be mild. Therefore, it is recommended that it be used for ordinary sake, honjozo-shu and junmai-shu, served hot in kan-zake-style”
Choko
Define Hi-Ochi
Bacteria spoilage, the infection caused by the growth of an alcohol-resistant lactic acid bacteria, **hi-ochi-kin **(lactobacillus bacteria type such as fructivorans, hilgardii, rhamnosus, paracasel) which is accompanied by unpleasant odor
What sake drinking ware features the following tasting characteristics:
“On the palate, perception of sweetness is enhanced, This is because facing down onto it, the taster is able to taste a wide liquid surface on the tip of the tongue
Sakazuki
What is the traditional season for enjoying Kan-zake (warmed sake) (from which date to which)?
- From Choyo-no-sekku (重陽の節句), the ninth day of the nineth month (September 9)
- To March 2 of the following year, the eve of Joshi-no-sekku (上巳の節句), March 3rd is Girls’ Day or Peach Festival when people pray for health and happiness of female children
What two cultural traditions or rituals, Sakazuki plays an important role?
- Otoso (spiced medicinal sake traditionally drunk during New Year celebrations)
- San-san-ku-do (a custom in Shinto-style wedding ceremony) where the bride and groom take turns taking three sips each of three different bowes of sake
- Also presented as prizes or trophies
What is Kiriko?
Cut glass
(its origins from the European cut glasses)
What is a unique style of serving in which sake is poured onto a cup (glass) sitting in a masu (square wooden measuring cup) until it spills over from the rim of the glass, called?
Mokkiri (盛っ切り）
What has become a popular style today owing much to the wide spread use of refrigerators?
Rei-shu (sake served chilled 冷酒)
What is ice-cold sake called?
Hyoketusu-shu (ice-frozen sake 氷結酒）
At what point (temperature) where sweetness starts to decrease and bitterness increases?
What generally is considered to be the temperature range of ideal temparature range then?
- The ethyl alcohol boiling point of 78.3 C draws near
- 42 - 45 C
What is said to be enjoying Kan in winter had been passed on from?
The custom of drinking heated Huang jiu (Chinese rice wine 黄酒) in winter had been passed on from Mainland China
Why was the sake flavor in the old days more rich in acidity, bitterness and umami than today?
Not possible to produce ginjo-shu from highly polished rice with low rice polishing ratio
Literature on Sakazuki can be be found as early as in what year and on what book?
- Engishiki (an ancient book for codes and procedures on national rites and paryers 延喜式)
- 927 AD
What Choko is a fairly large cup made of white porcelain with bull’s eye or janome (literally, snake eyes) motif of concentric blue circles drawn at the bottom on the inside used for tasting sake, called?
Kikikchoko (きき猪口）
What sake drinking ware features the following tasting characteristics:
“On the nose, as the liquid surface area is close to the nose, the aroma can be strongly felt however, the stimulative ethyl alcohol vaporizations makes it difficult to capure a balanced aroma”
Sakazuki
While choko is filled from a choshi (serving kettle 銚子), what is guinomi often filled directly from?
Saka-bin (sake bottle 酒瓶)
What is a way to enhancing the wooden barrel arom when sipping from a masu?
Placing a pinch of salt on the edge of the masu so that sake can be enjoyed while taking a small lick of the salt
What is the ideal drinking temperature of nama-zake types of ordinary sake, honjozo-shu and junmai-shu?
6-8ºC
