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Asakeset (酒器,shuki) consists of theflask andcups used to servesake.Sake sets are most often inJapanese pottery, but may be wood,lacquered wood,glass orplastic. The flask and cups may be sold individually or as a set.
Sake cups are normally small, with variable shapes but based on traditional bowls used for tea. They are normally without handles, and most often without stems.
The server of asake set is a flask called atokkuri (徳利). Atokkuri is generally bulbous with a narrow neck, which tends to be called a "flask" in English, but may have a variety of other shapes, including that of a spouted vessel (katakuchi), similar to a Westernteapot. Traditionally, heatedsake is often warmed by placing thesake-filledtokkuri in a pan of hot water, and thus the narrowed neck would prevent the heat from escaping. In more authentic places such asoden bars andryōtei in Japan, sake is sometimes warmed and served in metal containers known aschirori (銚釐)[1][2][3][4] ortanpo (湯婆).[5] Recently, glasschirori are also used to chill sake.[6]
Formerly, sake was sold by volume in a wooden box measuring cup, known as amasu[7] which has a volume of onegō (180 ml, 6.3 imp fl oz, 6.1 US fl oz) and was also used to drink. In the past, the wooden box was said to complement the traditionally brewed sake, as it is brewed in a woodencask (樽), but in modern times, the masu is shunned by sake purists because the wood affects the flavor of the sake. Furthermore, tradition requires the masu be filled to the rim as a sign of prosperity. Masu are now commonly made oflacquerware or even ofABS plastic. As the traditional sake-serving cup and a symbol of prosperity due to sharing the same pronunciation as the Japanese word for increase/proliferate (増す), the masu is still used in modern times for the purpose of ceremony or to show generosity. In some Japanese restaurants, the server may put a glass inside themasu (or put themasu inside a saucer) and pour until the sake overflows and spills into the secondary container to symbolize this wealth.
Nowadays, the sake is typically served in ceramic cups. The cups used for drinking sake are generally small cylindrical vessels calledo-choko orchoko (猪口, o- is anhonorific prefix in Japanese used such aso-sake ando-makase), but may also include flatter shapes such as wide-mouthed bowls.Sakazuki are ceremonial cups used most commonly at weddings and other special occasions such astea ceremonies, but larger versions ofsakazuki also exist.
While not a traditional serving utensil, ashot glass is also used. In the United States, it is used as a substitute for ochoko, while in Japan it is used in conjunction withmasu. Sakestemware is also used, which is essentially a glass sake cup elevated above a wide base. Sake stemware, as well as glass tokkuri, are now commonly used to serve chilled sake.
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