How to drink sake ｜ Sake Media

This time, I will write an article on the theme of how to drink sake. Sake is a sake with a history that has been loved since ancient times, and more and more young people prefer to drink sake.

What do you imagine when it comes to drinking sake? I think you can think of hot sake and cold relatively, but there are other ways to drink sake. I'm glad if you know through this article that there are so many ways to drink sake.

There are many ways to drink sake!

From here, I would like to introduce 5 by carefully selecting what I want to know about how to drink sake. If you want to know more about how to drink sake, please try it.

Change temperature

I think this is a method that is done by relatively many people, but sake can change its aroma and taste just by changing the temperature. Even with the same brand, you can enjoy different ways of enjoying cold sake and hot sake.

Another interesting aspect of sake is that its name changes depending on the temperature. The following is a brief summary of how it will be called depending on the temperature.

·cold sake

Cold drinks are those whose drinking temperature is below 15 ℃. Also, it can be divided into the following 3 according to the temperature.

Snow cold → Drinking temperature is 5 ℃

Flower cold → Drinking temperature is 10 ℃

Cool → Drinking temperature is 15 ℃

·At normal temperature

Room temperature refers to those whose drinking temperature is from 20 ℃ to 25 ℃. Sake at room temperature is generally called “cold”. When you hear “cold”, it tends to look like cold sake, but I want to understand it because it is a normal temperature sake.

・ Rice

Porridge refers to those with a drinking temperature of 30 ℃ or higher. Also, it can be divided into the following 6 according to the temperature.

Hinata 日 → 30 ℃

Human skin → 35 ℃

Nuru 燗 → 40 ℃

Upward → 45 ℃

Atsumi → 50 ℃

Flying trout → 55 ℃ to 60 ℃

As mentioned above, sake is called 10 depending on the temperature. You don't have to remember how to call it, but remember that it can change the taste and aroma depending on the temperature.

In addition to the above, there is another way of drinking sake called “Kashimaki”. This is a method of changing the taste by drinking the sake after it has been warmed.

For example, there is a big difference in taste between the same warm rice cake that has been warmed up to the cold rice cake and the one that has been warmed up once to the hot rice cake and then cooled in the cold rice cake. If you have not tried it, please do it.

on the rocks

In the case of shochu and highball, I think that drinking ice is relatively common, but you don't do much with sake. In the hot summer season, you can drink it with ice and cool it down.

The precaution is to prevent the ice from melting. If the ice melts, the sake will dilute and the taste and aroma will fall. For this reason, it is recommended that you use a glass that does not form condensation, so that the ice does not melt easily, or use raw or fresh sake that does not dilute even if it melts slightly.

sherbet

Like the on-the-rock, I recommend the sake sherbet in the summer. It is also called “Hyoshu” or “Misole”. If you want to enjoy sake as a sherbet, don't freeze it in a bottle, but move it to a container that can withstand freezing.

Because sake contains alcohol, it is harder to freeze than water. Also, be careful not to drink too much, because the alcohol content does not drop even if you make the sake a sherbet.

Soda split

You may not be very familiar with it, but sake can be drunk very well even if you divide it with carbonated water or soda. Sake is a drink with a high alcohol content, so if you don't have a strong drink, you should take it.

It is also recommended to break it with tomato juice and drink it like a red eye. Even if you break it with a soft drink, you can drink it deliciously, so please try various ways to find your own way of drinking.

Cocktails

In general, cocktails are made by dividing fruit liqueurs with carbonated or citrus juices. However, if you use sake instead of liqueur, you can drink it deliciously. Here are 5 sake cocktail recipes that you can easily practice.

・ Samurai Rock

Add 45ml of lime juice to 15ml of sake, add ice and shake well. The sweetness of sake matches the scent and acidity of lime, making it a very popular sake cocktail.

・ Saketini

Mix well with sake 30ml and gin 30ml, and if you point to the olives, you will have a ketini with the king martini cocktail. If you don't have olives, you can even use pickled plums, making it a perfect sake cocktail for adult men.

・ White plum

Shake at a ratio of sake 45ml, lemon juice 30ml, white curacao 15ml, and coat the edges of the glass with salt. An easy-to-drink sake cocktail that matches the citrus acidity and the mild flavor of sake.

·Parisian

Mix with sake 45ml, gin 30ml, and cassis 15ml. The red cocktail of cassis is a sake cocktail perfect for adult women. It has a well-balanced finish, and you can enjoy it even if you change gin to sake.

・ Cassis daughter

Add Calpis 80ml, diluted 30 times to sake 5ml and Cassis 100ml. The result is a mellow finish with the fusion of sake and Calpis, and the acidity of the cassis shows its presence as an accent. This is a sake cocktail that can be enjoyed even by those who do not normally drink sake.

Sake is a liquor that can be enjoyed as it is, but it can be enjoyed even if it is arranged as described above. Even if you are not good at sake, there are many people who feel that sake cocktails are delicious, so be sure to try them at home.

Does the taste of sake change depending on the vessel?

Sake changes in taste depending on the vessel. The taste changes from bottle to bottle and bottle. The reason why the taste of sake changes depending on the vessel is that it is easily affected by the air.

The larger the area of sake that is exposed to air, the more it will oxidize and the scent components will change. In addition, when you drink with a candy, it slips into your throat, which has the effect of reducing the stimulation of alcohol and changes in taste. For this reason, sake is said to change in taste depending on the vessel.

Recently, there are an increasing number of shops that offer sake in a wine glass instead of a bottle of sake. This is done for the purpose of maximizing the scent of sake. By drinking sake with rich aromas such as Daiginjo in a wine glass, you can feel the aroma firmly in your mouth and enjoy the sake deeper. If you have sake at home, try drinking and comparing with a glass of wine and a glass. You will notice the difference in taste.

What is the “relaxing water” necessary for drinking sake deliciously?

Even though sake has a high alcohol content, it is hard to drink from its flavor. Many people may have drunk too much sake and have a hangover. In order to prevent this from happening, it is important to have “relaxing water”.

Relaxing water is not a special drink but normal water. When drinking Japanese sake, you can prevent hangovers and hangovers by pinching a relaxing water. The “easing water” plays the role of the so-called chaser.

In general, it is recommended to drink "Waragimizu" about 1,5 times as much as the sake you drank. When you drink sake, be sure to prepare "waramizu water".