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SSA Certified Sake Sommelier Coursefully solved
Which is more important in sake: taste or aroma? - correct answer ✔✔Taste
How much of what we perceive as taste (flavour) is actually from the sense of smell (aroma)? - correct
answer ✔✔80%
What are the effects of alcohol on taste of sake? - correct answer ✔✔1) Retro-olfaction - alcohol is more
volatile, which draws the aromas up by retro-olfaction (so we can smell the drink as we taste it),
especially as the sake warms up.
2) Alcohol acts as a solvent for the flavours in the food, boosting them.
What is first impression/retro-olfaction of genshu? - correct answer ✔✔Usu quite explosive
Daiginjo has lots of what type of aroma characteristics? - correct answer ✔✔Fruity
How many aroma components in sake? - correct answer ✔✔More than 600
Procedure to taste sake - correct answer ✔✔1) Evaluate color
2) Smell aromas
3) Taste by sipping and holding in your mouth while sucking air in to explode flavours and aromas
4) Expose to all parts of tongue to determine sweetness, body, taste, astringency, umami and texture
5) Exhale to determine secondary fragrance called Fukumika which is the aftertaste intensity
What is fukumika 含み香 ? - correct answer ✔✔After taste intensity
,What does Nihonshu-do 曰本酒度 measure? - correct answer ✔✔Residual sugar
SMV means - correct answer ✔✔Sake Meter Value - measures the density of sake compared to water to
give indication of sweetness: from -15 (sweet) to +15 (dry). Remember: higher is drier.
SMV of 0 means - correct answer ✔✔The sake is the same weight or density as water and can be called
dry by some people
In Nihonshudo, a negative number means - correct answer ✔✔Sake is more dense than water, may be
due to more sugar or less alcohol
How does acidity affect taste of sake? - correct answer ✔✔Sake with higher acidity will taste more dry
and more full-bodied
A choko 猪口 cup holds how much? - correct answer ✔✔20 ml
1 go 合 = - correct answer ✔✔180 ml
1 sho 升 = - correct answer ✔✔10 go = 1.8L
Toguri 德利 = - correct answer ✔✔2 or 4 masu
How is acidity measured? - correct answer ✔✔By titration
What is the scale (range) of acidity? - correct answer ✔✔A number between 0.7 (less acidic) and 3 (more
acidic)
Japanese term for low acidity in sake - correct answer ✔✔Kokugaru コクがある
Japanese term for high acidity in sake - correct answer ✔✔Sabari 清爽 ("crispy")
, Acidity indicates what compounds are in the sake? - correct answer ✔✔Lactic, succinate, malic and
other organic acids
Sake production by type of sake - correct answer ✔✔Non premium 73.8%
Honjozo 10.8%
Junmai 8.9%
Ginjo 6.7%
Junmai Ginjo 3.7%
Volume of exported sake is increasing or decreasing? - correct answer ✔✔Increasing
No of breweries today - correct answer ✔✔1,300
Change in no of breweries over the years - correct answer ✔✔Year 1670: 27,000
Year 1870: 16,000
Year 1900: 8,000
Year 1945: 4,000
Year 1995: 2,350
Now: 1,300
Top sake importer countries - correct answer ✔✔US, Korea, Taiwan, HK, China (in that order)
How many types of amino acids in sake - correct answer ✔✔20
How do amino acids affect taste of sake? - correct answer ✔✔1) they affect the umami
2) they affect the breadth, richness etc
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