Sake consulting and education in Washington DC

Services

  • Training for your staff members on all things sake. Equip them with the tools to buy, recommend, and serve sake to your guests.

  • Build out an exciting sake menu for your restaurant, utilizing your existing distributors if desired. Craft categories, descriptions, and suggestions for the new sakes.

  • Work with your bar program to develop koji-based cocktails, providing a unique and experience for your guests. Learn about miso simple syrups, amazake-based cocktails or non-alcoholic drinks, shochu, and other koji-based techniques to provide flavor, body, and appeal to your cocktail menu

  • We work with importers, distributors, retailers, and anyone else in the sake industry to provide educational, hands-on sake programming.

  • Reach out if you’d like any sake programming at your restaurant! Happy to work with your restaurant to come up with an original concept that suits your own menu and clientele.

  • Provide a private tasting experience for you and your guests at your own home or office. We’ll work with you on types and amount of sake.

Definitely the most beautiful setup for a private tasting I've ever hosted! I was able to serve @daishichi_sake Kimoto Honjozo, @masumi_sake Spring Nama Arabashiri, @iwanoiofficial Yamahai Junmai Ginjo, @tamagawa_official 2016 Heart of Oak, and Kant
It was so much fun leading the Sake 101 table at this year's Spring Sake Festival! Had a blast pouring and talking through sakes for everyone. We poured a modern Junmai Ginjo, a classic Daiginjo, and an umami rich Junmai to introduce people to the
Sake aging since the 1970s, the hardest water in Japan filtered through oyster shells, and an incredibly diverse portfolio - Iwanoi Shuzo is an extremely unique brewery. Ever since a university researcher stopped by some breweries in Chiba and asked
Come join me and @pasteandrind to drink some delicious sake paired with some amazing cheese! I'll be pouring 4 sakes, including an ultra-premium daiginjo from an unexpected brewery and a special sake unavailable in the US, brought back in my luggage
Hot sake with milk foam! Inspired by @takasakinookan and @okan.lover , here are two different reasons you might want to serve milk foam on your hot sake: First, it can balance and soften bitter flavors in the base sake. The nama koshu from @kubohonk
It was such an honor to serve sake at a reception for the Emperor's birthday at the Japanese Ambassador's residence! I was able to represent Fukushima's best, pouring @suehirosakebrewery and Tenmei sake for the guests. Their style is typically clean
Fugu hirezake is a rare traditional Japanese sake preparation. A blowfish fin is grilled and then infused into hot sake before being served piping hot. Blowfish is extremely poisonous if prepared incorrectly, so chefs and restaurants need to have a s
Koji is foundational to sake and Japanese cuisine generally. It's a type of mold that is typically grown on rice. The mold releases enzymes that convert the starch to sugar and the protein to amino acids, or umami. Without koji, sake is impossible.
The temperature of the water bath used to heat sake has a big effect on the final taste. Different temperatures are used for different purposes, in the same way you could gently poach food or cook it over very high heat. Curious about the differenc
Our website is now live! View the link in our bio for a more detailed post about hot sake warming vessels, along with other posts and information. We'll be regularly posting a series of hot sake basics while it's freezing outside, including posts on
Cold weather calls for hot sake! This @tamagawa_official 2017 vintage Time Machine was heated slowly in a 140F water bath using a solid tin chirori, all the way up to "atsukan," or around 125F. This warming method brought out tons of de
Happy holidays! Here's suggestions based on what I'm bringing to Christmas dinner: @tatenokawa_sake Tatentyan Junmai Daiginjo to showcase how expressive, aromatic, and complex sake can be. @brooklynkura Number 14 Junmai Ginjo Nama for its bold, bra

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