I admire the effort and dedication to having recorded all of this process. 14 months is a long wait, this is a great video, well documented and I am glad I got to watch it.

I have to start from today for my future children and wife

When she wrote, " put it somewhere quiet to ferment " and also " on sunny days, let it enjoy the sun ", I knew it was no ordinary soy sauce but one classy soy sauce. Lol .Thanx for recipe.

Me before watching the video: "oh great I will be able to make homemade soysauce by my own !" Me after watching the video : "well I think I'll buy it"

After watching this, I went to kiss my soy sauce in the fridge "you've been through a lot honey, I appreciate you" ☺

I see in the comment section people say it takes long time. But when I was young, in my farming village, it took longer than that. We grew the beans ourselves. So it starts from the time bean seeds are scattered in the field in late Spring or early Summer, to be harvested in the Autumn. We thrashed the bean stalks to gather the bean. The soy bean sauce and paste was not considered to be bought, Every family made their own. And... The soy bean field was considered sacred. Nobody was allowed to take piss or shit in it. This was my grandmother's very strict rule. Sometimes a family's soy bean sauce goes wrong, which is very rare but happens, which becomes a big news in the whole neighborhood. All the adults participated in the analysis on what went wrong. Wrong ingredients or even the mental state of the housewife at the time of making it. And the day on which the soy bean sauce is made, or starts to be made is not selected randomly. In Asia, every day is alloted to one of 12 animals. Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit.... thus 12 animals. I remember hearing that Rooster day was the best, but every family had their own favorite day of animals. PS: After watching this video, I checked my bought mass selling soy bean sauce. It was made from wheat produced in the US. I believe it was made from the wheat flour imported, thus cheap. Until now, I have never cared about from what it was made. Now, I feel that I have to buy the ones made from beans, not from imported cheap wheat flour. PS: As some people seem to think this comment is helpful, I will share one more story, which I had though was too personal. My grandmother often said her own story. Once when she went out on the field, she took piss or shit in the bean field, among which I don't remember now. For some reason I don't remember now, she told her mother that she took piss/shit in the bean field. It was about the time of sunset start. Then, her mother, my great grand mother, hurried out with her daughter to go to that bean field. The field was three 참cham away, which means, people have to take a rest for three times to reach there. In that old time, meter, or mile was not used, instead just 참 cham was their way of marking the distance. For those who are learning Korean language, even Koreans don't know from where the expression 한참 동안 came. This literally meant for the duration of one cham, which means pretty long time. Now it means, for a while, in modern Korean. So, she and her mother walked all the 3 chams way and cleaned it, and came back home, walking for 6 chams going and coming back. You could imagine what she learned from this. And what we all learned.

wow this makes me really appreciate my little store bought bottles of naturally brewed soy sauce. When you buy something you don't realize how much work and knowledge goes into it as a nice little package you just pick up for a few bucks. You are buying history, knowledge, technology and effort and love for a craft put into it by many human ancestors often from far far away. Much appreciation for this video and all the effort that went into bringing the beloved time honored soy sauce to bless our food at the table ❤.

Wow! I moved from Portland, Oregon to Boston, Massachusetts in 2011. I began making soy sauce after I came to Boston, because I couldn't find a good enough soy sauce. One thing I do differently is that I let some of the bean paste remain in the soy sauce while it continues to ferment, and I don't pasteurize. From start to finish, it takes a minimum of 18 months. But it improves with age. I have a 6-year-old soy sauce, and that is quite different from a 2-year-old.

I grew up in a small village in South Korea and still remember grown ups making the Soysauce. Every one will time the sauce boiling day and whole village stank with the smell. They used to judge the lady of the household by how good or bad the sauce tasted so most ladies had little secrets how to make it taste little bit better then others. Um, I can still smell the pungency of boiling soy sauce.

Imagine what the heck was doing the guy who discovered soy sauce lol

Wow! The whole process from start to finish was a form of art. Thank you so much for sharing this experience, I had no idea the time and effort put into making soy sauce.

Aha now I know what these are😂...I saw them in a few Korean dramas ,they were hanging those blocks in their houses, I was always wondering what they were😂

This process is in effect lacto fermentation, I have IBS, and EDS among other health problems. I grow all my own vegetables and make a lot of lacto fermented vegetables they make my life so much better, I stop growth of nasty mould and bacteria by weighing down the cabbage, carrot ect in my jars with heavy slate disks, it keeps the vegetables or soybean paste below the surface of the salt water and I rarely have any problems. I also top up the water from time to time with cold boiled water to ensure the water level is constant. This was a lovely video which I really enjoyed! Growing and producing your own food is as much about the journey as the end product, anyone can buy something but not all people are courageous enough to try to make it themselves, and accept a mistake and do the process better next time. Well done !

humanity sometimes amazes me...somebody really sat there and imagined all this process and came out with this heavenly sauce..bro!!

"Oh look! There are weird brown blocks hanging in Jeff's window. Must be making soy sauce again."

I'm going to give it a try. I enjoy making my own stuff if I can. I still purchase store items, but I found making your own product allows you to appreciate it more and the feeling of pride when you and guest enjoy it. Also, making your own stuff; you know exactly what's in it.

That’s a labour of love and patience. Enjoy every last drop of your sauce. Thanks for sharing.👍

I have been enjoying soy sauce all over 50years but this is my first time ever seen how it is made thanks so much for sharing

My salutes to all soya sauce makers and thanks for this beautiful video. Some day something like this makes you realise that nothing to be taken for granted.

It seemed like I was enjoying a short still pleasing journey story which ended with a happy note. I am amazed with the dedication and precision you put in making this vid. Really glad to see this one. Thanks for the recipe♥️

I shall never take soya sauce for granted again. I just love the time scale for this recipe. Slow cooking, and let Mother Nature take her course. Delightful. 🙏

Appreciate your patience in making this lengthy sauce and teaching us the method.

Me watching how to make Soy milk: "Yay! That's easy!" Me watching how to make Tofu: "A little harder, but still doable!" Me watching how to make Soy Sauce: "😳😳😳😳😳"

I love the video, thank you for your efforts of putting it together for so many of us who are trying to keep themselves away from all the crap, chemicals and you name it that the food market industries put in the food to make it last forever on the shelves. I am going to make this soy sauce! OMG this video is amazing!! Thank you.

*The making of this Korean soya sauce is longer than most American marriages!*

I as a chef have a new found respect for soy sauce and will be showing this to alot of colleuges who take this for granted

This is one of the best processing video on KZfaq that I've have ever seen . Wow ❤️

I just recently started watching your videos. Thank you for showing what a little love for what you create can produce. I made the black bean tempeh. It came out great to me so thank you I plan on trying many more of your recipes.

As someone who likes to know what’s in my food, this was much appreciated. I also understand why quality soy sauce is expensive. Thank you. As a side note this was very well shot and produced with clear concise instructions.

My goodness!! This was very satisfying to watch this process. But I couldn’t help wondering how on earth the first person discovered how to do this? Shout out to everyone still doing it the authentic way!!

This is a journey of love. I can feel it while watching it. Well made!

this video made me appreciate people who make food...we should never ever waste food considering the amount of effort and love put in , in order to make a full product. God bless your hands. lovely video

It means if I start the process now my grandchildren will love to eat it! 😂

I also started making this a year ago, so far my dads died, I moved house, lost two jobs, had a baby and still not got my soy sauce for my dinner!

Thank you so much for sharing this recipe and to have collected all those over one year along! You made it in such a manner that only the pictures were a pleasure to look at! Such a long process and your work makes it precious!…

I sincerely appreciate your patience

I tried this but I live in the mountains of northern New Mexico, cold and dry in December. My meju (soy bricks) would not grow mold! So I made a sort of humidity chamber with a large crock pot and a temp controller set to 86 degrees, a small plate on the bottom to elevate the meju, a little water on the bottom and some native grasses for innoculation. I had white and green mold within a matter of days! The meju are bobbing about in the brine now, with jujubes, chiles and chunks of charcoal from my fireplace.

Best thing I’ve seen on KZfaq in quite a while.

Fascinating 14 months process. I was surprised by the high salt content (2 cups per jar) and the use of charcoal in process. Thanks for sharing your very informative video!

OK, this video is gold. I even cried. How touching can food be!

When the time making this soy sauce is longer than your relationship.

from now i will always respect soy sauce. She might be elder than me 🤔🤔🤔

OMG......never ever imagined that so much of heck is there to prepare such a little amount of the finished product...... Marvellous 👌👌🌷

A peaceful journey on watching your video thanks for the classic recipe. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Wow I just discovered this channel today, and I now have a new found respect for people who make this for a living, I'll never look at a bottle of soy sauce the same way again! Thankyou so much for sharing your wonderful experience with us 😊 this was beautiful to watch.

Very cool! I certainly have a new respect for soy sauce after watching the details of this lengthy process. Kudos to you!

I'm about to cry from the beauty of this

Oh my gosh, this video is so beautiful. Who would of known watching a video making soya sauce would be so serene.

She must be a Korean. That's how I exactly make it . It's so much fun to make and try the taste home made soy sauce. I have been doing it for 15 yrs.

Folk who think this is such a long process may want to avoid watching videos on how to make Parmesan cheese.

What an amazing process. This is how all food should be made with true love thank you for your time and effort.

Wow, that was amazing. I had no idea that it was such a complicated and time consuming process! Well done 👍🏻😊💛

All I can say is thank you for the melody it's so soothing

Amazing......Literally you have brought a undiscovered level of respect for soy sauce. Very thankful to you for making this video and congratulations.

Amazing level of patience. Thanks for the video. Great, things come to those who wait! Thank you for the lesson soy sauce

I found shameful to not like and comment this video that took 1 year of patience and love, God bless you, from Morocco

" Time has passed and winter turned into spring".. where dat supermarket at

When you see bricks dangling on a string in the month of december, you know its that time of the year to watch HomeAlone again

This is so cool! Thank you for sharing the full 14 month process. Amazing!

Thank you for this story, I admire the courage and dedication.

My heart broke when she kept the block under the tap after weeks of drying it

“When they are cool to touch, smash them in a mortar & peste” Me: why the hell don’t you just use a food processor?! “This was too difficult so I switch to a food processor” Me: LOL

so much work but then again ANYTHING that takes a long time to make is often worth it! love this how to vid!

This video is so therapeutic! I can't believe. So beautifully made. Today I promised myself that one day I will begin to make soy sauce. ❤️😍 Kudos to you for recording the entire process so beautifully.

After watching this video I understood that we can't prepare this lenghty process sauce nd it's better to buy at stores 😂😂😂

Thank you so much for capturing every detail in every stage 🥰 A true respect for your time and passion!

Bravo et merci ! Thanks a lot to share this long process, thank you for the care you took for filming each step…

After I have successfully learned from you how to make ACV, now this will be the next project. Wonderful video. Thank you!

Beautifully done video. Thanks for showing us how you do this. "Good things come to those who wait."

The method the cleanliness the picture the music. Deserves some kind of an Oscar! Thank you.

What a beauty. The delicacy, the dedication and the atmosphere. Very, very good.

My daughter was born the day u started this :) she turned 4 this last December ❤️

I will NEVER think of a humble bottle of soy sauce in the same way again. Those were bottles of pure liquid love. Fascinating. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

My favorite song while making soy sauce.... EXCELLENT! What an amazing journey! I always knew it was a process but never knew the extent of it! You made liquid gold! Thank you for sharing!

Estoy muy feliz de encontrar tu receta! Me fascina la salsa de soya pero me limitaba por tener que comprar industriales, ahora la haré en casa!!! . Muchas gracias!!!! Bendiciones para ustedes!

Great to see the patience to create this story 👍🏻

Worth watching. Never knew it was such a journey before consuming 😀😀

This is very involved, very interesting to watch ! Thank you! You have the patience of a monk!

That looks absolutely amazing! I can only imagine the flavor.

Okay, I think I'll just buy mine. I don't have enough patience to ferment something for months at a time. I truly admire you for doing this.

Thank you for sharing. Its a lovely video with such soothing music. It was like a meditation of sorts, watching this. I really appreciate your patience and the effort it took to film the process.

This channel deserves 1 millions subscribers, truly a fascinating compilation just for 14 months climax...

It's indeed a precious soy sauce, imagine how long the process to make such very good and great taste of soy sauce, I appreciate also how patient and dedicated you are in making this video... I am glad I have watched your video, I also subscribed right after I watched it. Thanks Gourmet Vegetarian Kitchen...

That is full dedication thank a million for showing us the procedure

Thank you for this amazing video. I've always maintained that the key to good cooking is patience. You proved my point and took my patience up a notch! Very well done. A few more videos, and I'll be your fan!

KZfaq: Hey remember on Friday, you were thinking to yourself “how is soy sauce made?” -Canon in D starts playing Me, crying: “I do”

So beautifully done. Not for an ordinary home cooking process. Enjoyed watching.

Magnificent! I didn’t know soy sauce took so long to ferment. Oh my, this was a divine video, just delightful! 🥰

Wow i never would have guessed it takes this long! Thank you so much for sharing. Fantastic video

Precious journey, I am sure every drop is full of joys

Beautifully put together video and very informative! I love the soothing music throughout! Thank you for letting us experience your soy sauce making process! This video reminds me of how our older Vietnamese generation made “tượng” and “nước tương “. I truly appreciate your video diary! 🌸🌷👌😀❤️

Happy to finally be able to prepare soy sauce with limited salt & sugar ! Love your Channel I recently found ! Background string music is good choice for peaceful and serene cooking ! 😊

Canon In D...always loved this music...nice version

You are truly a special human being. Thank you for sharing this experience with me. I feel as though I just watched a documentary on @TheHistoryChannel or @NationalGeographic

Your videos make me feel good. They are crafted with elegance and care for food handling and this is important to me. I will try your recipes.

thank you for sharing this. I'm going to look for a "quiet place" in my home to start this.

Wow, a wonderful condiment that was so loved but under appreciated......really love it

I'm not gonna lie... as a chef I love to make all of my stuff, and pantry is definitely my fave thing to do, will try to make my own soy sauce, cause man this looks just amazing... luckily for me... I've found a commercial one which is worth every penny!

This is one of the foodie videos I have most enjoyed, and hope to make my own soya sauce. Utterly brilliant, well worth the patience and time!

Am so happy I watched this video I never knew much effort was put into this and it’s like an inspiration to me and it moved me to tears I dunno why