Unpacking Japan | What life is like in Japan's traditional sake brewing industry @unpackingjapan | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Meet Giulia, an Italian sake brewer and a sommelier living in working in Japan, who sits down to talk with us about her work as a brewer and educator, and the challenges of Japan's sake industry.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Meet Giulia
2:57 How Giulia first got interested in sake
8:00 Pursuing a career in sake
13:20 Work as a sake educator
16:38 What is sake?
19:25 How sake is made
21:56 First experience in a brewery
25:05 Life in a sake brewery
30:21 Starting her own company
32:12 Pairing sake with food
35:12 Explaining types of sake
38:49 Biggest misconception about sake
39:42 What sake to buy
43:12 Understanding sake qualities
46:35 How to brew sake to a specific taste
51:43 Brewing sake in the summer
52:44 You have to be crazy to brew sake
55:47 Japan’s changing sake industry
1:06:25 Where to learn more about sake
1:09:08 Where to visit in Japan for good sake
1:11:25 Future plans

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