creating a marami the japanese word for soybean mesh they blend for a few minutes then seal the barrel and leave it to ferment for the first six weeks once daily they opened the barrel and mix the more on me to aerate the gases that build
up this keeps the East
active and helps develop the flavor then after that they open and mix just once a
week after 12 long months of fermentation it's finally ready they open the barrel
and mix one last time yeah then they empty the barrel onto a sheet of muslin lining the tub of the stainless steel press they fold over the sheet to enclose the marami then lay down planks of wood to form a solid surface the press apply six tons of pressure forcing the planks downward against the marami this squeezes out all the liquid which is the soy sauce it exits through a hose at the base of the tub and moves on to be filtered and heat pasteurized depressed marami gets a new life as high protein animal feed while many soy sauces are mass produced this factory bruise small batches at a time a bad shields about 600 bottles each of which workers here Phil manually they top each bottle with a plastic diffuser which dispenses just a dash of sauce at a time then they twist on a plastic cap and slip shrinkable plastic band over it using the heat gun they seal the band tightly around the cap and bottle then the label on which they write the bash code and bottle number by hand a fitting finale for this signature soy sauce