Sake

Different civilizations have different traditions and same is the case with Japanese traditions. Japanese civilization is a modern civilization of today’s world but its roots are spread very far away behind many centuries. Japan has a complete great history about its progress. However we are going to discuss about Sake (a Japanese liquor) in this article. It is said that a person can have a great time with friends, provided he has got good sake.

What is sake?

Most of the people have no or very less knowledge about sake and have no idea how it can be made. There is a concept that sake is a rice wine that is prepared by using rice. Though this statement is true to some extent but it is not 100% true. Yes sake is made with the help of rice but it is not a wine though it gives a taste and enjoyment just like a wine. Sake can be prepared from different types of rice while on the other hand wine has to prepare by grapes. The polishing of rice is basically called sake and its taste also depends upon the polishing of rice. Almost 90 different type of flavors can be made of sake by using 90 different types of rice. However the most important point in taste of sake is the polishing of rice.

In polishing of rice sand, flour or water is used. The rice is milled along with flour, water or sand to polish them. In this process the outer coating of rice is removed. The quality and price of the sake is determined by the percentage of rice used in it. In a low quality bottle only 30% rice is used while good quality sake may have up to 70% of rice consumption.