Virtual 2-Hour

SAKE Education Workshop

Imagine how deliciously exciting it will be, if you became a  sophisticated Japanese SAKE Connoisseur, ordering SAKE with ease like a Pro, 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.

Go on an Authentic 2-Hour Sake Discovery Journey with Sarika, SSI Official Sake Lecturer | Sake Scholar | Sake Judge

Discover the story, history, grades, production, food pairings, and more.

Responding to online requests, this is similar to the in-person 2-Hour Sake Education Workshop, but more tailored to your specific group and time. Optional: Get certified as SSI Sake Navigator. 

Includes setting up a personalized event page with all the relevant details for easy sharing to your group. Post-event photos could be also housed here. (Link active for a limited time).

Also includes a pre-consultation (30 min) to tailor the content to your group.

*Tasting sample set of 4 different Sake flavour profiles available for participants in Japan for an additional 3800 Yen (Set of four 300 ml Sake from SSI to be purchased directly). We can discuss options, if you're outside Japan.

Highly Interactive, Entertaining Program

Suitable for birthday, parties, 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

Sarika Sake past workshops clients include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Japan Program, Harvard Business School: Asian American Business Association, and the Polish Vodka Museum. Sarika also serves as a Sake & Wine competition judge (Feminalise World Wine Competition, France), and has been interviewed by the largest Sake media and various podcasts around the world.

$700. (1-50 participants on Zoom/in-person)

Sake to be sourced individually. Sake tasting kit (4 Sake box) available for Japanese residents through SSI.

Includes setting up a personalized event page with all the relevant details for easy sharing to your group. Post-event photos could be also housed here. (Link active for a limited time).

Also includes a pre-consultation (30 min) to tailor the content to your group.

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!

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Virtual 2-Hour

SAKE Education Workshop

Ciao! I’m Sarika

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!

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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 2022, 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 13 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!

Kind Words

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Japan Program

    Post-Workshop Survey by participants:

    4.69 Rating out of 5.00

  • “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

  • “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

  • "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)

Interviews |

Interviews |

Thank you so much to the amazing people for the precious opportunity to share my love for Sake!

  • Sake Times

    Honored to be long interviewed on the largest Sake media

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  • Sake Feature Magazine

    唎酒師×散歩の達人 日本酒こだわり基礎講座 Sake Issue on a Japanaese popular magazine

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  • Sake Unplugged Podcast

    A chat with Italian and Swiss Sake experts

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  • The Break EU Women Entrepreneurs Podcast

    Gender episode on Women’s Entrepreneurship in the EU

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  • Centered on Taiwan Magazine

    Feature on Interview on Women’s Month Issue

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  • Inner & Outer You Podcast

    by Kristiane Charrier - Multi-passionate Convo With Sarika of SarikaGroup.Org

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  • Artist Interview

    by Aricoco - on Doburoku & Sustainability

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  • Face Yoga Association YouTube

    Sake & Face Yoga Love

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  • Call Your Sister Podcast

    by Alexandra Hodge and Astrid Fergusun

    Topic: Sake, Face Yoga

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  • She Leads Everything Interview

    She Leads Everything (Russian & English)

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  • Angel Rated Show podcast

    By Angela Bryant, Founder, Angel Rated

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  • Empowering Voices Podcast

    by Mara Girone, Artist

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  • Connecting with the Heart Podcast

    by Joa Ardila

    Topic: Career Change from UN to Sake/ Face Yoga

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  • Essence of Etiquette & Protocol Interview

    Interview by Madam Masako Perera, Sri Lankan Ambassador’s Spouse (Japanese version)

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  • Doburoku Ambassadors

    Doburoku is the sacred origins of Sake

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  • Green Luxury Living

    Sake & Face Yoga

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  • Essence of Etiquette & Protocol

    Interview by Madam Masako Perera, Sri Lankan Ambassador’s Spouse (English edition)

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  • Face Yoga Method

    Alumni Success Stories

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  • Sake X Macaron Pairing Live

    with Anditas Culinary

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  • Melissa Disney Specialist

    Live Interview

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  • Yogapreneurs Live Interview

    with Ally Old Wisdom Arts | Wellness

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Women in Sake Project

Celebrating Women’s Achievemnts and Contributions to the Craft of Sake

Instagram @Sarika.Sake

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