CHOOSING YOUR SAKE WARE
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CHOOSING YOUR
SAKE WARE
As sake lovers, we enjoy sake on many different
occasions – at lunch, dinner, even at teatime
with afternoon tea nowadays, seasonal sakes
for spring to winter at different temperatures.
The choices are as wide as from sparkling to
long-time aged vintage sake. Sake is perfectly
match-able from French cuisine to traditional
Japanese, caviar to petit fours. Depending on
which kind of sake you are having, your choice
of sake ware will affect how sake will taste.
Many sake servers and cups are also extremely
beautiful – many are hand-made with the real
craftsmanship and a long history behind them.
Here are the basic shapes and materials of sake
ware available.
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS: HONAMI MATSUMOTO
MUSEUM OF SAKE JOURNAL 9