Sake
Japan's ancient rice brew — not a spirit but a fermented drink of polished rice, water, koji and yeast, as deep and varied as wine.
What it is
Japan's ancient rice brew — not a spirit but a fermented drink of polished rice, water, koji and yeast, as deep and varied as wine. Ingredients: sake rice polished to remove outer layers (the finest daiginjo grades polish away half the grain or more), pure water, koji mold that converts rice starch to sugar, and yeast. Method: 1) Steam the polished rice, cultivate koji on part of it, and ferment everything together in a rare parallel fermentation. 2) Press, filter and pasteurize. 3) Serve chilled in a small ochoko cup poured from a tokkuri flask — or gently warmed for richer styles. The experience: from bone-dry and crisp to fragrant, fruity and umami-deep. History: sake has been brewed for over a thousand years and remains woven into Shinto ceremony — weddings, New Year and the breaking of a sake barrel lid, kagami biraki, to bless new beginnings.
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Questions we ask to fine-tune the help
To fine-tune the help to your situation, as the conversation moves forward we ask you:
- Have you already received a notice, letter or charge related to sake? Who issued it: the board, the management company or a third party?
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- In which country is your condominium or apartment?
- What type of property is it: condominium, apartment, co-operative, townhouse or other?
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- Who manages it: a professional management company, the board itself or another model?
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