Hot Sake Thermometer

An essential tool for enjoying hot sake.

Instructions

• Place the thermometer in a porcelain tokkuri or sake tampo filled with sake.
• Boil some water in a pot (enough water to cover to the neck of the tokkuri) and turn the heat off.
• After turning the heat off place the tokkuri in the pot and watch the thermometer rise to the sought after temperature.
• The sake is ready to serve. Pour the hot sake from the tokkuri ideally into prewarmed sake cups or ochoko.

Caution

• Never heat the thermometer up over 60℃
• The bottom part of this thermometer may break because the glass of the bottom of it is very thin.
• Keep your eyes on the thermometer when you heat sake.
• Do not put the tokkuri or the thermometer in the pot while it is boiling.

Note: The active component in the thermometer is oil - kerosene (not mercury), common with alcohol thermometers.

See here for more information on How To Heat Sake and our Hot Sake Guide