TWTT - (Taste with the Toji)

In this episode we catch up with Jorge Navarrete from Matsui Shuzo in Kyoto. Jorge was a guest in the Zoom room on the Taste with the Toji Project for session #24 back in November 2020. He also featured as part of a panel of guests for the 1 year anniversary session of the Taste with the Toji Project in April 2021, alongside Andrew Russell (our Podcast guest for episode #2), Cody Brailsford (our P...

In this episode, we catch up with Darryl Cody Brailsford. Originally from Utah in the USA, 'Cody', as he is affectionately known by friends, family and people in the sake world, has been brewing sake in Japan for over 15 years. Pretty much all of that time has seen Cody brewing sake at Watanabe Shuzoten, (producers of Hourai and Irootoko brands), in Hida, Gifu Prefecture.  However, just on a...

In this episode we catch up with our good friend and fermentation guru: Justin Potts. Originally from Seattle, USA, Justin has called Japan home for the past 18 years. He is certainly no stranger to most people in the Sake world, but some may not be aware of his recent big move and new job which has seen him and his young family relocate from their coastal Chiba home in Japan to Hot Springs, Arkan...

In this episode we catch up with the ever-charming Keith Norum from Masumi / Miyasaka Brewery in Nagano Prefecture. We are thrilled to be able to interview Keith early on in our Podcast journey as he is the person who introduced Maki and Simone back in May 2020. Since then, Maki has been a huge part of Simone's online project, 'Taste with the Toji' and the two are now hosting this podcast together...

In this episode we catch up with Scottish-born, Japan-based, sake brewer: Andrew Russell. It seemed only fitting that Andrew be the first guest on the TWTT Podcast as he was the guest for the very first session of the TWTT Project, back in April 2020, alongside Miho Imada, (Imada Shuzo - Hiroshima).  Entering his 7th season as a sake brewer, and after working the past 3 years at Imada Shuzo,...

Welcome to the very first episode of TWTT The Podcast.  Your hosts: Simone Maynard (Australia) and Maki Tanaka (Japan). This podcast is inspired by Taste with the Toji (TWTT) The Project; a series of online, sake focused Zoom sessions that have been running since April 2020.  This introduction to the series episode explains a little about how TWTT The Project began and how Maki and Simon...