Attributed 2019 interview. It supports a reported design objective and training practice, not measured equivalence between alternative formulas. The named component terminology must stay in its interview context.
Proposed Academy use: compare two documented bench-blend recipes against the same reference description. Record the intended target separately from whether blinded assessment actually demonstrates similarity.
Sakuma describes archived products and formulas, component flavor blocks, an annual period of product familiarization, and alternative formulas that reach a shared sensory endpoint within tight parameters. He distinguishes production improvement from preserving an existing product's consistency.
Replacement PDF 574; displayed ebook 432–433
Replacement PDF 573; displayed ebook 432–433
Class Eight — Tadashi Sakuma, Nikka Chief Blender
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Evidence
Sakuma describes archived products and formulas, component flavor blocks, an annual period of product familiarization, and alternative formulas that reach a shared sensory endpoint within tight parameters. He distinguishes production improvement from preserving an existing product's consistency.
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2019 edition, complete 730-sheet replacement PDF 573–574; displayed ebook 432–433.
Limits
Attributed 2019 interview. It supports a reported design objective and training practice, not measured equivalence between alternative formulas. The named component terminology must stay in its interview context.
Proposed Academy application
Proposed Academy use: compare two documented bench-blend recipes against the same reference description. Record the intended target separately from whether blinded assessment actually demonstrates similarity.
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