tasting
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act of sampling a small quantity of a food or drink to evaluate its flavor: "tasting" refers to the action of taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.
- A social event for sampling different varieties, especially of wine or food: "tasting" can denote an organized event where various items are sampled and compared.
- The sense perception by which flavors are distinguished: In a more technical sense, "tasting" is a kind of sensing involving the taste buds.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The chef invited us into the kitchen for a tasting of the new sauce.
- They attended a wine tasting at the vineyard.
- Tasting is one of the basic human senses.
Advanced Usage
- "To have a tasting of": to experience a sample selection of something.
- The restaurant offered us a tasting of their seasonal desserts.
- "Blind tasting": a test where the samples are presented without identifying labels to ensure impartial judgment.
- In the blind tasting, the inexpensive wine scored higher than the famous one.
Variants and Related Words
- Taste (verb/noun): to perceive flavor; the sensation of flavor.
- Can you taste the herbs in this soup?
- Taster (noun): a person who samples food or drink professionally.
- She works as a coffee taster for a major company.
- Tasteful (adjective): showing good aesthetic judgment.
- The room was decorated in a tasteful manner.
Synonyms
- Sampling: trying a small part of something.
- Savoring: enjoying the taste of something fully.
- Degustation: a formal term for a careful, appreciative tasting of food or drink.
Related Phrases
- Tasting menu: a meal consisting of several small courses offered by a restaurant to showcase the chef's capabilities.
- We ordered the tasting menu to experience the full range of the chef's talent.
- Tasting notes: written descriptions of the flavors and characteristics of a food or drink.
- The sommelier provided detailed tasting notes for each wine.
Noun
- taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
- cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- a wine tasting
- a small amount (especially of food or wine)