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Upcoming Event: Single Origin Tasting with Horiguchi Coffee
August 27, 2015
Our second free tasting with Tokyo-based Horiguchi Coffee featuring Flower and Juicy #2, and single-origin Ethiopia and Kenya blends.
Sake Nomi in Seattle
August 24, 2015
We visit Sake Nomi in Seattle, a pioneer in sake retail shop and tasting room in the U.S.
Event Recap: 3rd Annual Umami Mart MATSURI
August 20, 2015
Photos from our huge Matsuri party in the parking lot behind Umami Mart. Abura-ya, Team Print Shop, Hopscotch, Workhorse Rye, Emeryville Taiko, more.
Happy Hour: Don't Call This a Saketini
August 17, 2015
Don't Call This a Saketini is a take on the traditional Martini, using a dry sake instead of vermouth.
Chizu, A Cheese Bar in Portland
August 13, 2015
We visit Chizu, a cheese bar in downtown Portland, with a sushi bar concept.
Mike's Noodle House in Seattle
August 10, 2015
We landed at Mike's Noodle House in Chinatown, Seattle and ate wonton and siu kau noodle soup and chinese donuts and soy milk.
Come See Us at Sake Summit This Weekend!
August 6, 2015
The third annual Sake Summit in San Francisco is your chance to try pretty much all the sakes that are available for consumption in the Bay Area.
A Visit to Sake One Brewery in Oregon
August 3, 2015
We visited Oregon sake brewery, Sake One. Operating since 1998, Sake One produces all Momokawa sakes.
Shanghai Restaurant in Oakland
July 30, 2015
Shanghai Restaurant is our go-to in Oakland Chinatown for green onion pancake, dumplings, noodle soup, and Malantou.
Upcoming Event: 3rd Annual Umami Mart MATSURI
July 27, 2015
Wow guys, THREE YEARS!!! Can you believe we have been open in Old Oakland for...
Upcoming Event: Hakkaisan Brewery Sake Tasting @ Alchemy Bottle Shop
July 23, 2015
It's been a crazy sake week here at Umami Mart -- first we launched the...
Introducing SAKE GUMI, Our Monthly Sake Subscription Program
July 22, 2015
We choose the sakes and you drink them! Sake Gumi is is our way of making sakes available nationwide. Two bottles a month sent to you.