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Organic Beans: Soybeans or other beans
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Organic Grain: Barley, Brown Rice, or other grain. (Brown Rice is slightly polished on Day 0)
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Day 1
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Day 0 |
wash
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wash
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soak
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soak
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drain
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Day 2
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drain
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steam 45 minutes by wood fire
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boil 20 hours
by wood fire
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cool
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inoculate with Aspergillus oryzae spores
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Day 3 |
cool
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Koji goes into crib to begin 48 hour incubation process
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Day 2 |
Koji room trays
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| Day 3 |
harvest koji
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MIXING PROCESS
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Koji mixed with sea salt from Baja California
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seed miso and cooking liquid added
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cooked beans are mashed, salted koji is mixed in
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Raw Miso
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packed into wooden vats ( cyprus or oak)
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fermented for various periods of time according to variety (3 weeks to 3 years)
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FINISHED MISO: packaged for sale
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