The most important thing for any learner is…
Maybe you are a sake master or a sake expert.
But as sake learners, we get really frustrated sometimes. Sake is so difficult! The vocabs, the tastes, the knowledges… everything can be so complex!
As if we are trying to reach the end of a rainbow to get a pot of gold, it just keeps receding whenever we think we are close enough to touch it. We believe this sort of frustration applies to all sorts of learning.
This is when we should think out of the box in order to keep motivated.
So, instead of just introducing you to one particular sake (and the brewery and the best way to enjoy and stuff…), let's check out the many possiblities of sake.
~ Dessert makeovers ~
If we tell you to simply drink chilled or on the rocks as a dessert wine, you'd probably throw eggs at us… Easy, buddy! This is because You's Time Light is great enough on its own! Add a zesty new twist to the oh-so-familiar desserts like:
1. Yuzogato
Pour You's Time Light over vanilia ice cream.
2. Yuzushu sorbet
Please refer to our sorbet recipe here.
3. Yuzu jelly
Simply mix with gelatine or agar agar or jelly power. Click here for recipe.
4. Yuzu syrup cake
Replace the syrup or fruit puree you usually use with You's Time Light.
5. Fruit punch
Dice apples and pears and strawberries and madarins… and mix with You's Time Light soda (You's Time Light and soda in a ratio of 7:3)
6. Oriental cocktail
Add ginger slices into You's Time Light. Or simply add few drops of ginger juice into your glass of You's Time Light.
Aroma, Flavour and some nutty-gritty
Haven't tried You's Time Light before? It's sort of like the Italian lemon liqueur, Limoncello. Only lighter in taste and and ABV but more refreshing! It is moderately sweet so you can give it a good chill and have it straight.
The original You's Time
Why is You's Time Light, well, "light"? It is actually the lighter version of the popular You's Time developed by Saito Shuzo. Although the original You's Time isn't very high in ABV (just 12%), but the brewery would like to develop a product that can be enjoyed by light drinkers without compromising the full-on taste and aroma.
How did they do that? Unlike some other brands, Saito Shuzo uses ginjo shu (of which characterist would be the fruity fragrance) and the 100% yuzu juice squeezed from the yuzu fruit from Kochi prefecture. This resulted in a product that is low in alcohol content but still big on the nose and palate. A lot of customers said that You's Time is easy to drink but You's Time Light is even easier! It's sort of like drinking juice, so light and refreshing! Oh, FYI, the cloudy matters accumulated within the neck of the bottle is actually the extracts of yuzu. Now you can see what You's Time Light is light but still tastes and smells wonderful.
Please now enjoy you's time I mean your time!
