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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Coffee" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.

# 1

4.99 pt.

Islander Sake Brewery

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Coffee Tropical

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I opened a bottle of a souvenir I bought in Hawaii. This one is a so-called craft saké of lilikoi (passion fruit). I had heard that they had built a brewery relatively close to Waikiki and wanted to go there, but unfortunately, the brewery has moved to the Big Island of Hawaii in 2022, leaving only the store. The aroma was sour and koji-like, with a hint of Japanese sake, and a soft tropical breeze! It is not as fruity as one might imagine. When you taste it, it has a light, acidic flavor, but it is not a citrusy, sour sake either. It has a refreshing sweetness and acidity with a clean aftertaste, but it also has more rice than expected, making it more like a sake. It has a tropical flavor, but I thought it would be more like a juice. It goes well with vinegar-based foods such as salads. The volume is blinding, but the end of the bottle has more lilikoi than the beginning. The flavor is refreshingly tropical and astringent when you bite into the seeds, and the sake flavor is light. I enjoyed it with thoughts such as, "I want to go back soon. By the way, the store that handles Junmai Ginjo...which part of Junmai is Junmai? I thought, "What part of Junmai is Junmai? If I have a chance, I would like to try the Junmai one.

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The 7th Matsuo Taisha Sake-1 Grand Prix ④ Islander sake brewery had a stall at "Sake World Summit in KYOTO" and we were curious about it. Since the system of multiple lines was not good for time performance, bouken and I changed to a sharing strategy. They had passion fruit, Kona coffee, and Junmai Daiginjo. ISLANDER SAKE Junmai Daiginjo Unfiltered Nama-Genshu. It was a proper sake with a gentle acidity and a rather refreshing taste. It is a loose sake that is a little lacking in my opinion. The price is expensive, so I don't think I will buy it. ISLANDER SAKE Kona Coffee The color is a little brownish and it smells like coffee. I always drink my coffee black, so I thought it was very light coffee. I don't think I'll buy this one either. Here, I ran into the owner and manager of "Sake Bar Shinshiro," which I had visited with bouken-san before.

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⭐︎ This year we received another sake brewed on the island of Hawaii. The taste is a jun-dai with a good balance of sweetness and acidity, deep aroma and very smooth on the palate. Thank you again for the delicious sake. 🙇‍♂️

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# 2

3.71 pt.

Takagaki Shuzo Wakayama

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Coffee Caramelly Chocolate

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Sake from a brewery famous for Ryujinmaru. It has been a very long time since Kirakuri. After Shikishima, tkmts-san was drinking Ryujinmaru, and I wanted to try something of Takagaki-san's sake, so I chose Kirakuri. This time it was an unfiltered raw Nakadori. It has a caramelized taste with sweetness and a sense of maturity. It's just a coincidence that there is a succession of sakes with a sense of maturity, such as Washin, Shikishima, and Kirakuri.

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Opened March 3, 2025 Purchased at Matsuo Sake Shop, Wakayama Purchased at a liquor store I was introduced to when I visited Nakano BC Mmmm, cocoa, chocolate 🍫. This 🤣 is very rich! Acid and sweetness! If it's this rich, maybe it can be used for strong flavored food like simmered dishes or meat dishes!

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Location Wakayama Arita-gun Rice type Type of Sake Junmai Ginjo Rice polishing 50%. Alcohol content 19°. Sake Mother Sake degree Acidity Rating（scale 0-3) (Item) Wine glass (Aroma) +2 Steamed rice, Narazuke, (Appearance) Clear (Taste) Clear Body 2 Acid 2 Sweetness 2 Umami 2 Bitterness 2.5 Pungency 2 Lingering Sweetness and bitterness follow, so you don't feel the alcohol is too strong. Impression: Delicious sweetness The attack is relatively sweet due to the alcohol and sugar, but then mysterious astringency and bitterness rush in. It has a nuance like when you bite into the skin of a grape. I felt that it was a sake that chose the drinker, but I enjoyed it because it had a taste that I had never had before.

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# 3

3.68 pt.

Maihime Shuzo Nagano

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Coffee Chocolate Yogurt Sweet and Sour Sweetness Umami Acidity Wine

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At Ya-Ya in Kobe. This is the first time to drink Neko Masamune since it was transferred from the defunct Omi Sake Brewery to Maihime🐱. It has a sweet taste with a slight graininess from the freshness. It tastes a little messy, but it's not that bad, right? Might prefer it to Omi Neko Masamune 🤔. It's quite fruity and has a pungent and alu taste, but maybe it's good? It's sweeter the longer it's been open.

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I was curious about Ishizuchi's Princess, but I saw this one and bought it. It is sweet and sour. This sweet and sour makes me imagine the first love of a certain princess who has feelings for his person in New York....

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# 4

3.51 pt.

山路酒造 Shiga

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At the tasting. It was explained to me that it was dry. It is certainly dry, but it has a gentle spiciness. It has a mild mouthfeel. I bought Junmai Ginjo Shiboritate after comparing the drinks.

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To Nagahama, Shiga, the first of three bottles I went and bought at the end of the year. I went to the brewery in the cold. It has a clean taste but leaves a delicious aftertaste. The store owner said, "The cold weather is better so far this year," even though it was very cold for us. We also bought madeleines with orange peel made with alcohol. We ate them on the train on the way home. They were delicious.

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# 5

3.51 pt.

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I found this Fukuoka sake in my impatience to color the map of Japan💦😅. It's very dry! I think it's around extra brut in sparkling wine🥂. It's crisp and dry 💪. It's a very dry sake! Polishing ratio 55, content 200ml, blue bottle, luxury image✨.

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Fukuoka Kitaya @Tenjin Ono no Hanare Fukuoka Series #1 Full-bodied, mellow type Good for Genkai Sea sashimi!

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Fruity aroma. Feels sweet on the palate and easy to drink.

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# 6

3.17 pt.

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Mildly refreshing aroma 🥂. Soft and juicy fruit on the palate 😌 Very well balanced, high alcohol content but dangerous to drink more and more 🤤

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I left it in the hallway for 3 years. For various reasons, you don't see it much these days, but I used to drink it often at izakaya (Japanese style pubs). I tried it at various temperatures, but it was best drunk hot. It has a mild taste and a nice umami and slightly spicy flavor. I wonder if it can be served chilled if it hasn't been made long enough.

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Sweet and sour, delicious cold, room temperature 112110 Slightly dry with a hint of umami Sake brewed by Echigo Toji

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# 7

3.12 pt.

Tamamura Honten Nagano

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Coffee Full-flavored Effortless Weighty Caramelly

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I've been wanting to try this drink for a while ✨. Here, Nagano sake is rarely seen in liquor stores or supermarkets, but I found this at a nearby supermarket 👀 some kind of fair ❔. I love these classic and classy labels ♡. The taste is just like a classic sake 🍶. I didn't really feel the Nagano character, but it's an all-rounder that accepts a variety of snacks👍.

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Refreshingly sweet and easy to drink. Dangerous: ⚠️

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Ki" seems to be written as "㐂". Ki-bu" in three-seven. I couldn't help but smile. The taste of Miyamanishiki is concentrated and has a good flavor! It is served with chicken salt hot pot.

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# 8

3.09 pt.

Kobayashi Shuzo Honten Fukuoka

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The rice used is Yume-Ichikyo and Yamadanishiki. So called "light and dry". It does not feel that dry. It is easy to drink with a clean aftertaste.

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@sakebar Fukuzo Kobayashi Shuzo Honten located in Umi-cho, Fukuoka. I guess the representative brand is Bandai. This will be my first time here too 🍶. The first aroma is slightly sweet. In the mouth, there is a slight astringency and sweet umami flavor. The slight astringency gives it a sharp finish. Delicious 🍶✨.

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The aftertaste is crisp and really dry. However, I would prefer a little more rice flavor, which is my recent preference. The impression is that it is too clean for 60%.

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# 9

3.00 pt.

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On Sunday, I visited the Taste of Morita Co. This is the family brewery of Akio Morita, the founder of Sony. I was attracted by the Aji no Yakata limited edition and bought a bottle. It tasted a little sweeter than I expected and was easier to drink than I expected. 1,650 yen

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(I was tired from eating too much rich food, so I decided to balance it out with some light sake, so I bought a bottle of Nenohi from Yamaya. Nenohi is thin, as was the case with the cup sake. The light flavor is clear but still has the presence of light flavor to make the most of it! Today, I overcame my fear of the new koro and went to a hot spring! The treasure of Amagasaki, Tsukiji Ebisu Spa is still wonderful! I got the locker number 17 and the BIGBOSS number 1! Then I went to Ohmononokunushi Shrine and wished to become a big shot! Then we went to the recently excavated Nozato no Yu! It was a light spring! After that, we went to Hashigawa Shrine along the Yodogawa River, which was also nice!

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The ginjo aroma was very good, with a hint of melon, and it was very easy to drink, with a light, refreshing taste and a hint of sweetness at the end. If you like sweet sake, you will love the taste.

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# 10

2.99 pt.

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Coffee CherryBlossom Muscat

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Junmai Ginjo🍶Sawa no Hana🌾 from Nagai, Yamagata Light and refreshing 😳. Easy to drink but a little short 🤔. Umi to @Takadanobaba 20220323

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Easy to drink, slightly spicy, mild, symbol of earthquake recovery

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Drinking at a sake tasting at Komae Sake Brewery Kagoya. The sake brewery was destroyed by the Great East Japan Earthquake and is now brewing sake again at a different location.

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