World SAKE Day 2024 Special!
Japanese Sake Education Workshop
Go from Sake Novice to Sake Connoisseur! in 2-Hours! Fun & Fast!
In-Person SAKE Education Workshop including Tastings of 6 Premium Sake *Maximum 7 participants
with Sarika, SSI Official Sake Lecturer | Certified Sake Scholar | Master Sommelier of Sake
Past Sake Workshops in various locations
Select Session:
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Friday, October 4
11 AM - 1 PM
Max 7 participants
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Saturday, October 5
5 PM - 7 PM
Max 7 participants
Curated Premium Sake Tastings
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Sparkling Sake
Uplift your spirits with this modern style Sake!
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Aromatic Sake
Floral aroma, therapeutic like Aromatherapy!
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Refreshing Sake
Dry & Refreshing, the most versatile Sake
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Rich Sake
Classic, ricey richness with heavenly Umami
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Aged Sake
Complex, powerful, pairs well with dessert too!
Location: Near Zielo/American School of Madrid
€111 Payment secures your seat. Fully refundable until Sake procurement,14 days prior to the workshop.
Highly Interactive, Entertaining Program
Suitable for birthdays, team building, and can be tailored to your specific group.
Start with a Sake Quiz! Establishing the foundations of Sake knowledge
Origins and history of Sake
Current state of Sake (Domestic versus Overseas situation)
Rise of women master brewers (women were not allowed to enter the brewery for centuries)
Sake's versatility: Range of drinking temperature 5-60 C /41 -140 F
Sake Ingredients: Rice, Water, Koji (Sake Rice is not eating rice!)
How Sake is brewed: Multiple Parallel Fermentation! A very unique brewing method
Tasting different Sake flavor profiles
What temperature to drink which Sake
Sake Tasting Meditation, and more
Imagine how deliciously exciting it will be, if you became a sophisticated Japanese SAKE Connoisseur, ordering SAKE with ease like a Pro at your next Japanese meal, and pairing Sake effortlessly at your next dinner party.
Your travels to Japan would be so much more meaningful, if you had an understanding of the soul of the nation, the 2000-year-old culture of SAKE.
Ciao! I’m Sarika
SSI Official Sake Lecturer | Sake Scholar | Sake Competition Judge | Master Sommelier of Sake | Doburoku Ambassador | Homebrewer | Sake Sommelier Association Sake Pioneer | JSS Sake & Shochu Academy Graduate 2021 | Yogi | Mama
Past Sake Education Workshop clients include:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Japan Program (4.69 rating out of 5.00)
Harvard Business School - Asian American Business Association
Polish Vodka Museum
Over 10,000 students enrolled worldwide on Udemy
Sarika also serves as a Sake & Wine Competition judge to:
Feminalise World Wine Competition Judge, France
Japan’s First Women’s Sake Awards Judge, Japan
Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition Judge, Japan
Serving as Official Doburoku Ambassador in Japan
Lovely to meet you! I'm a United Nations Official turned Entrepreneur, on a mission to mission to share the beauty of Japanese SAKE, in support of our precious 2000-year-old craft, focusing on mindful drinking, women in Sake, and sustainability.
Did you know that this beautiful craft is in a decline in Japan right now? It's hard to imagine now, but I never liked SAKE before. But 'discovering' the beauty of SAKE by coincidence changed the course of my life...! I went from United Nations to Sake. I know it’s a rather unusual career change!
As I learned the current realities of SAKE in my ancestral town of Nagano (a major historical SAKE production area) that our precious craft is in a serious decline, I wanted to do something. Hence, my mission above!
If you’re a Sake beginner and want to discover SAKE, you’re in the right place! SAKE is such an incredibly delicious craft that elevates the soul. It will add magic to your life. Join the Sake revival with me!
Optional: Official SAKE Certificate in recognition of your SAKE knowledge by the Japanese SAKE education authority
How would you feel if you became a much-appreciated SAKE Warrior & supporter of the craft of Sake? You know you did something good!
Sarika Bio Official version |
Sarika Bio Official version |
Sarika is a UN official turned Entrepreneur | Founder of Sarika International Limited, on a mission to share the beauty of Sake, in support of the declining 2000-year-old craft, focusing on sustainability and women in Sake. (SDG 5, 9,12).
She is appointed as Doburoku Ambassador in Japan, and has undertaken various Sake & Shochu education & collaborations including with the MIT Japan Program, Polish Vodka Museum, Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association, and Harvard Business School's Asian American Business Association.
She teaches online and offline, with over 10,000 students enrolled on her Udemy courses. Her Sake Certification Course in Japanese is hosted by the SSI, Japanese Sake education authority in Tokyo. She has been interviewed by Sake Times, the largest Sake Media, as well as various podcasts around the world.
Sarika was selected to be in the first cohort of the European Union’s first Women Entrepreneurs Fellowship, and the London School of Economics Alumni Entrepreneurs Program in Lisbon.
Prior to entrepreneurship, she worked with the United Nations in Asia and Africa on gender equality and sustainable urban development for a decade (Vietnam, Kenya, Thailand), after completing her Master of Science at the London School of Economics, UK, and joining the United Nations through its Recruitment Exam.
She has travelled to over 60 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe; Lived in 14 countries in 4 continents. She is a mother of two, and married to an Irishman. She loves to eat and drink. She also loves and teaches Face Yoga too!
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Japan Program
Post-Workshop Survey by participants:
4.69 Rating out of 5.00
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“Sarika is such a gift to the world and one of the most interesting women I have ever met. Her laugh and awesome sense of humour will keep you engaged- she is a mesmerising teacher and draws students in with her sheer love of life and incredible enthusiasm in all she does."
Suzanne Vian, Founder, Yoga Vietnam
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“Sarika took my community on a virtual trip to Japan by revealing to us the amazing world of sake.. She was so engaging and pleasant, we had a wonderful time and learned so much! I absolutely love how her passion for both sake and face yoga come through when she speaks about them, and her dedication to highlight the women in the sake industry is commendable... So grateful to have had this opportunity to learn from you Sarika!"
Angélica Renée (USA), Founder, Green Luxury Living
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"I just wanted to write to you, to say how much I enjoyed learning about sake, yesterday. The participants were very happy with your workshop. I enjoyed watching as they became more and more enthusiastic with the new information that they were experiencing. It was fun. I was truly impressed by several things. The first was how the workshop was carefully structured...a friendly warmup exercise, a self introduction, the creative and very clear powerpoint slides to help people connect all the information that you were sharing, the summary, explaining what had been covered and what new learnings had taken place and them a Q & A period. Well structure and absolutely delightful."
Sue Babock, Editor, Centered on Taipei Magazine
Sake | Shochu Certifications
日本酒学講師 (No.000456) Official Lecturer | Certified Master Sake Sommelier, Sake Service Institute, Japan
Official Lecturer, Food & Beverage Specialists Organization (FBO), Tokyo, Japan
Appointed as Doburoku Ambassador (Official Website of Doburoku)
Judge, Féminalise World Wine Competition, Paris
Graduate, Sake & Shochu Academy, Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association (JSS)
Certified Sake Scholar
国際利酒師 (No.116451) Certified International Sake Sommelier Kikisake-Shi (English)
日本酒利酒師 (No.031523) Certified Sake Sommelier Kikisake-Shi (Japanese)
Certified Sake Professional, Sake Education Council
日本酒品質鑑定士 Certified Sake Quality Evaluation Expert
焼酎利酒師 (No.030172) Certified Shochu Sommelier
焼酎品質鑑定士 Certified Shochu Quality Evaluation Expert
Certified in Wine Level 1, Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET)
Select Session:
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Friday, October 4
11 AM - 1 PM
Max 7 participants
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Saturday, October 5
5 PM - 7 PM
Max 7 participants