Ito Shoten Tamari

AVAILABLE BEGINNING DECEMBER 11: not available for the December 4 delivery. Includes: 100 ml (3.4 ounces) of fabulously umami-rich, caramel-meaty tamari (often known as naturally gluten free soy sauce). ITO Shoten has been making soy sauces and miso for over 200 years in Taketoyu, Aichi Prefecture, which is known for its dark miso.  Ito Shoten is currently run by 9th generation Ito-San and his grandson.  We source this caramel-rich tamari from Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, Mass, who describe it this way:  Produced from only Japanese-grown soybeans and natural sea salt, slowly aged for three years in cedar casks, the tamari has a thick, caramel-ish, smoky, meaty, deep umami flavor that is well balanced, not very salty*. We recommend that you do not cook with this special brew, just use as a dipping sauce and/or brush on meats, fish or whatever you prefer. *Togue notes that she thinks it's quite salty, although not in an unpleasant way - she just doesn't agree that it's "not very salt