No fashionable fridge-scape is complete this season without a selection of “cup” sakes – Japan’s photogenic answer to the single serve. By turns funny, cute and beautiful, these ready-to-drink vessels are fiendishly collectable – and at just 180ml to 200ml they’re perfect for chucking in the tote.
“The first cup sake was launched by Ozeki in 1964, enabling Japanese spectators to enjoy drinking sake while watching the Tokyo ’64 Summer Olympics,” says sake sommelier and sake expert Natsuki Kikuya, whose clients include Kioku at London’s Raffles Hotel. “Historically, they contained everyday sake [but in the past ten years] more breweries have been creating unique cup sakes with premium contents and beautiful designs [that] invite the drinker to appreciate the artwork on the label as part of the overall experience.”
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