What Is Seimaibuai? The One Number on Every Sake Label
Seimaibuai is the rice polishing ratio on every sake bottle. Here’s what the number means, why lower means more polished, and why it isn’t a quality score.
Seimaibuai is the rice polishing ratio on every sake bottle. Here’s what the number means, why lower means more polished, and why it isn’t a quality score.
Junmai, ginjo, daiginjo: the difference is just two things — how much the rice is polished, and whether alcohol is added. How to read any sake label.