Farmers and sake brewers reportedly experiment with heat-resistant rice
The Japan Times reports that hotter summers are changing how Yamada Nishiki rice behaves during brewing, prompting experiments with new heat-resistant breeds.
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Yamada Nishiki is the “king of sake rice,” The Japan Times says, but hotter summers are changing how its grains behave during brewing. The newspaper reports that this is pushing farmers and brewers to experiment with new, heat-resistant rice breeds.
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