The Sake Set contains a serving bottle and six drinking cups, all made of ceramic.
The traditional small bottle in which sake is served is called a tokkuri (徳利). A tokkuri is generally bulbous with a narrow neck, but may have a variety of other shapes. The sake inside the bottle may be served chilled or warmed, according to one’s preference.
The name "Ochoko" is said to have originally been called "choku" (ちょく/ 猪口). The word "choku" means "a little bit," and there is a theory that it began to be called that in connection with the pouring of small amounts of sake. The cups themselves were not originally developed for pouring sake, but were used to serve small quantities of Japanese food, and when people began pouring sake into them, they came to be treated as sake vessels.
