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When we order sake at home, it’s usually served very warm ture you prefer. Suit yourself and ignore the sake snobs.
from a cute little flask. In Japan, friends told us, don’t order A few pointers. Don’t microwave sake or heat it in a pan.
warm sake because the locals will think a yokel from across Fill you sake flask and slowly heat it in a pan of water. When
the Pacific. So, hot, cold, warm or room temperature? In Japan, served, the cup or glass makes a difference just as glasses do
we discovered, the answer is all of the above. Just avoid the with wine. I prefer the classic little cup or ochoko, but many
extremes of hot or cold just as you would with wine. Like sake heavy-hitters prefer a small glass with thin walls.
wine, it appears the right temperature for sake is the tempera-

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