Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout California. Join today! My goal for this month is to show you that there’s more to nigori than sweet, syrupy sake in pink bottles. The bottles this month are all made by...
Why muroka? Some brewers say they want to preserve the characteristics of the water, while most said they are trying to brew a sake that has more koku (depth) and umami. Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout California. Join...
Arase-san of Heiwa Shuzo says he uses Yeast #9 because it’s, “strong against other bacteria, and consistent.” Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout California. Join today! The main ingredients of sake are rice, water, yeast, and koji. I have...
If I were to describe Hokkaido in a word, I'd say that it's very rugged. Although the western side includes modern cities like Sapporo and Hakodate with all the creature comforts, most of the island consists of windy roads, towering mountains,...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout California. Join today! This is Kayoko, Umami Mart co-founder, and Yoko’s sake sidekick. It’s that time of the year again, when I take over Sake Gumi for the month! This year,...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 180 members throughout California. Join today! When I lived in Tokyo, I used to go three hours north for a Gunma Getaway. North of Saitama Prefecture, it was just far enough to feel like you...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 170 members throughout California. Join today! It’s the fourth edition of Sakqueso! this year featuring sake and cheese pairings. Even after four years, I still think that sake and cheese are two of the most complementary foods out...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! The sakes this month are unlike any sakes you've had before. Some taste like vermouth, others taste like natural wine. If you are the type that likes to explore the fringes...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! Sake fangirls and fanboys flock to Omachi rice like Berkeleyites at the site of the season’s first organic Cherokee Purple tomatoes. Omachi is the oldest known sake rice...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! This month, we plan to unveil our very first bar. It will be in the back of our new space at 4027 Broadway in Oakland. Since 2012 we had...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! Does the type of rice affect the flavor of sake like the type of grape affects the flavor of a wine? The short answer is yes. Brewers will...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! I’ve always been intrigued by genshus. They are fresh, brash, and bold. They are as close as you can get to what comes right out of the press...
Overlooking Lake Biwa from Mt. Shizugatake Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! Kayoko and I tend to travel to places in Japan that produce foods and drinks we really like. One of those is sake from Kita Brewery. What...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! Nigori means “cloudy" in Japanese, so it makes sense that nigori sake literally looks like a wispy cloud when shaken. It is a style of sake that...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! It’s time to pull out the extra blankets, dust off the heater, and drink warm sake! One of the pleasures of sake is how you can enjoy it with the...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! I like a good challenge. I also really like desserts – so when I came up with the theme, "The Great Dessert Challenge," for this...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! The current sake trend in Japan is everything fresh and fruity. It's all about the nama-namas, namachozo, namazume, and shiboritate. But we are never ones at Umami Mart...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! Honjozo is a style of sake made for those who love to drink (like me!). It tends to be crisp, dry, and...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! Back in 2006, Kayoko had an idea to start a food blog. During Christmas break, we were both back in our hometown, Cupertino – Kayoko was living...
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 150 members throughout California. Join today! Every June, we celebrate the mariage [sic] (a word that every one in Japan is using to express explosive flavor pairings) of sake and cheese. And every...
