Tippsy Sake Blog

Sake
Kimoto: The Living History of Sake
Over the past hundred years or so, the sake community as a whole has always had an intimate relationship with the past and the future. There have been incredible technological advancements in recen...

Spotlight
500 Years of History and Beyond—Shichi Hon Yari and Yasunobu Tomita
Tomita Brewing Company is one of the most historical sake breweries in Japan. Their world-famous Shichi Hon Yari sake series is carefully brewed all by...

Travel
My SAGA SAKE SAGA Experience
This past March, Tippsy partnered with Sake Discoveries to host the Saga Sake Saga event which not only featured a set of three delicious sake and a sp...

Food & drink
Best Sushi in Los Angeles: Kiriko Sushi
Hi Tippsy fans!
My name is Alice Hama. I am one of the contributing writers at Tippsy. For those of you who do not know about me, I am a certified sommelier with experience working in restaurants,...

Sake
Behind The Scenes: Tippsy’s Quality Control
Tippsy currently carries 300+ different sake. We are in the process of adding 120 more delicious selections. And I’m the lucky one on the product team ...

Sake
Spring Sake for Cherry Blossom Season
The Japanese cherry blossoms have arrived in D.C.—spring is here! And with spring comes the best type of picnic, the kind that’s meant for hanami, or f...

Recipe
Easy Hand Roll Sushi Recipe with Sake
Temaki literally means “a hand roll.” At a sushi restaurant, it is usually a cone-shaped sushi wrapped with nori seaweed. Temaki can also mean do-it-yourself sushi and compared to making sushi roll...

Sake
Sake and Alcohol Content: The ABC’s on ABV
Recently, Tippsy has been receiving a lot of questions from curious drinkers on the alcohol content in sake. Is it more or less than wine? Is it hard a...

Spotlight
The World of Sake is Where Women Can Shine—Yuho and Miho Fujita
Although female sake professionals are emerging more than ever today, the majority of brewery presidents in Japan (or any other industry in general) ar...










