Wooden cup Masu

There is most traditional way to drink sake in Japan, do so with a masu. As a true samurai!
This is a shot glass of wood that originally was a measure to calculate amounts of food, such as rice, when used as currency, or soy sauce, and was equally valuable, the content to be measured.

The material of the masu is also very special for the japanese. It is made in the luxurious wood of the Hinoki, cypress of Japan, which holds very well the water and the heat, so you'll be able to use also passes hot sake. Measures 8.5 cm wide and 5.3 cm high.

In addition, this wood has a resin that, according to scientific studies, its scent relaxes and refreshes, and has properties antibacterial, so do not worry about drinking straight from the masu, is designed for that!


Things you need to know to drink from the masu:

• If you drink in company, you always have to serve the sake and the other way around. You can't serve yourself.
• The sake you drink slow, it is like a wine, do not you ever drink that stuff a Rioja as a shot glass?
• Although sake can be drink hot or cold, to drink sake very very hot can strip the alcohol of its complex flavor and innate. So, take it mild. (For the sake Junmai about 40 degrees or 45 degrees is fine)

How to use the masu:

• If you drink straight from the masu hold it in diagonal and drinks by the corner. Taste the sake with a subtle hint of cedar
• If you use it to stop overflowing the traditional glass-ceramic, ochoko, llenalo until it is over and then takes a small sip ducking his head without taking out the glass. Once you have lowered the level of the ochoko, you can already catch it with the hands and drink it from there or the masu wooden directly.

In summary, it is a perfect gift for a fan of Japan's more traditional, you'll be giving away not only an object to enjoy more of drinking sake , but a ritual that you transpotará the country of the rising sun immediately.