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Cheese tasting academy

Taste like a cheesemonger.

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  1. 1. Temper

    Take cheese out of the fridge 30–60 minutes before tasting (keep perishable cheese out no longer than 2 hours).

  2. 2. Look

    Rind, colour, eyes or veins, crystals, moisture.

  3. 3. Smell

    Break a piece and smell the paste, then the rind.

  4. 4. Taste

    Let it warm on your tongue: first impression, then development, then finish.

  5. 5. Feel

    Creamy, springy, crumbly, crystalline — texture is half the experience.

Inner ring: families. Outer ring: descriptors you pick fill in.

Flavour and aroma families

Milky & lactic: what do you notice?

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Texture

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