This time we see what value sweetness in sake has... The same meter value!

Andy and Jim try to pin down what "karakuchi" means, how sake had changed over time, and what we should really look for when buying a bottle.

Kanpai!

Vocab

Amakuchi - typically any "sweet" thing.

Karakuchi - traditionally, the foil for sweet things, which has made the word very context dependent. It could mean spicy, bitter, salty, or just heavily flavored. In sake, it means 'not sweet," which is pretty vague.

Recommendations:

Andy - Tamagawa Time Machine Muroka Nama Genshu

Jim - Kanenaka Kimoto Junmai Chokarakuchi