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Reserved soybean cooking liquid in a small clear glass with cooked soybeans in a dish beside it.
Water

Cooked soybean liquid

The liquid remaining after boiling or steaming soybeans, often reserved to adjust the moisture content and consistency of the miso mash (moromi) during fermentation.

Clear still water in a plain transparent glass on a warm ivory surface.
Water

Water

Water carries dissolved ingredients, transfers heat and forms the liquid environment of many ferments; its minerals and treatment influence how it behaves.

A clear glass measuring vessel containing colourless distilled water on a warm ivory surface.
Water

Distilled water

Water recovered by evaporation and condensation, with much of its original mineral content left behind; selected recipes use it for culture preparation or brine.

Water

Non-chlorinated water

Drinking-quality water chosen without an active chlorine-based disinfectant, used as a carrier for rennet or cultures and as a cheese or pickle brine medium.