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Kansui Bottle

Japanese pronunciation: せいめんのかんすいいりびん (seimennokansuiiribin)

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Alkaline water leached from wood ash. Chinese-style noodles are struck with it.

Obtaining

Usage

Striking chukamen

With wheat flour in the mixer it makes chukamen dough. Without alkaline water there is no chukamen — the yellow colour and the springy bite both come from it.

As an ingredient

Behavior

Carrying bottles together

Bottles with the same contents can be carried in a stack.

Not the salt-maker's kansui

Two different liquids share a reading in Japanese. The salt maker's is concentrated seawater; the noodle maker's is alkaline water from wood ash. They are not interchangeable.

Related guides

Advancements

Pantry MasteryChallenge

Get one of every preparation the provisions maker can make, from salt to stock

Making it step by step

Each step shows one batch. Where recipes differ, the route with fewer processing steps is shown.

Process flowchart

Arrows connect each output to the matching ingredient in the next step. Scroll horizontally to explore wider diagrams.

Step 1EquipmentFurnace
Ingredients
  • Short Grass / Tall Grass / Fern / Large Fern / Dead Bush / Vine / Bamboo / Leaf Litter / Straw / Sasa
OutputPlant Ash
Step 2EquipmentLye Tub
Ingredients