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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 14th January
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The diagram below shows information about the production of sake. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

SAMPLE ANSWER
The illustration highlights the main stages involved in the production of sake from rice.
The whole process starts when rice is polished, washed and then steeped in water in order to remove any dirt that remains on the rice. Once the rice has been cleaned and spent some time soaking, the rice is steamed. Two distinct process pathways are then followed. The first is when koji is added to one portion of the steamed rice to form rice koji. The other is when sake yeast and water are added to the other portion to produce the fermentation starter called moto.
The rice koji and moto are subsequently mixed together where they simultaneously undergo both saccharification and fermentation. After this particular stage has finished, the sake is filtered so that any impurities can be removed. Once filtered, the sake is pasteurized in order to kill any micro-organisms. The sake is then stored and bottled.
