If you're still stuck in the stage of drinking sake with only ceramic glasses, then be sure to take a good look at this article!
Like wine, sake tasting is divided into three stages: color identification, smell, and tasting
If you divide it according to this dimension,
Color Identification - Use a blue-and-white circled snake cup or a transparent wine glass
Sake is poured into the snake cup, and the white part of the snake eye is used to implement the transparency, and the blue part is used to observe the luster and lightness. Don't underestimate this simple style, professional sommeliers rely on it to appreciate the characteristics of wine.
Smell - Use a cup type with an open mouth, because the large area of contact between the wine and the air allows the aroma to be expressed more directly. In recent years, Japan has even had the "Nippon Sake Award, which is best to taste in a wine glass."
Tasting - that's where the wise meet the wise, depending on the temperature of the wine, the food pairing and the dining environment at the time, there are a variety of options, including delie, cut, tin or wine glasses.
Do you have to use 3 glasses at a time with Japanese sake?! Of course, no one will do this, so in most occasions, using an ordinary wine glass can get the color and smell and tasting at once, so don't give up drinking Japanese sake because there is no "Japanese wine glass" around
In addition to the common wine glasses mentioned above, there are also many amazing wine glasses in Japan
Figure (5) Squid Derry, made of dried squid into a cup, can be directly eaten after soaking in hot wine.
Figure (6) Ke cup, the game cup on the wine table, there are various shapes, after the gyroscope turns, point to which cup to use to drink, the Tengu cup can not be flattened, the fire man cup has a hole in the bottom, are very traditional Japanese traditional culture of the utensils.
Fig. (7) SORAKYU, because of its unique shape of the conical shape, can not be placed flat on the table, and there is a hollow at the bottom to drink the wine. It is said that Kagoshima has been drinking since a long time ago, when he was drinking, he would shout the "SORA, KYU" while touching a glass, and then drink it all. SORAKYU got its name from the wine number.
Figure (8) ISO, tasting cup, all sake brewers use this cup for tasting, convenient and easy to use.