• Source: Kuchikamizake

Kuchikamizake (口噛み酒, mouth-chewed sake) or kuchikami no sake (口噛みの酒) is a type of sake, rice-based brewed alcohol, produced by a process involving human saliva as a fermentation starter. Kuchikamizake was one of the earliest types of Japanese alcoholic drinks. Kuchi means "mouth", kami means "to chew" and zake is the rendaku form of "sake" found in compound words.




Description


Kuchikamizake is white in colour and has a sour taste. After two weeks of fermentation, it can achieve up to 7% ABV. It is made from chewed rice; the mixture of the enzymes from saliva and rice result in the fermentation process. Some islands in Okinawa Prefecture still held shinto ceremonies involving chewed sake until the 1930s.




In popular culture


Kuchikamizake is featured as a plot point in Makoto Shinkai's animated film Your Name.




See also


Chicha
Mead




References

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• Kuchikamizake
• Alcohol by volume
• Your Name
• Your Name (album)
• Chicha de jora
• Your Name (novel)
• Sra peang
• Miki (Okinawa)
• Miho Imada