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Sake brewer Taisuke Sato of haccoba -Craft Sake Brewery- treats fermentation as an open landscape, where rice meets foraged plants, herbs, and spices in a revival of an ancient, free-spirited craft.

His latest brew draws on Tokyo Twilight, a tea we created in celebration of our Shibuya store, extracted slowly and cold so its umami and delicate herbal notes settle clearly into the glass.

The result is an abstract meeting of two crafts, and two makers.

We’re planning a tasting event in Portland, with the fine folks of Sunflower Sake Sunflower Sake , later this summer once the sake lands here, so stay tuned.