Today, we started out with a chocolate tasting of different percentages of Sharffen Berger. The first one I tasted was the Sharffen Berger 82%. It was tart, but I thought it was really good. It was better than I expected out of something so dark, but I still probably wouldn't want to eat a whole lot of it. The next one was the 70%. This one was much sweeter than the 82%, but it still had a slight cocoa bite to it. It was a good bit creamier. The 62% was very powdery. The bitterness lessened but it really didn't get a whole lot sweeter for me. The last chocolate was a mystery one. It had a strong cocoa smell. It was spicy and nutty. I knew immediately it contained pepper, but it also contained banana, which I could tell after I was told.
We also did a sugar tasting with dextrose, fructose, and sucrose. The dextrose was much powderier than the other two. Its sweetness was not overpowering and the flavor didnt last very long. The fructose was stronger, and it had an obvious fruitiness to it. The sucrose was the grittiest of the three.
Next, we did a honey tasting. The first was Buckwheat, which was extremely dark in color. It was very fruity and had a molasses taste that didn't quite agree with me. The Wildflour was slightly sweeter than the Buckwheat, but it was good on bread. The Orange Blossom was a golden color. It was very fruity, with an obvious orange taste. It was more runny than the others. The Tupelo was a little more brown than the previous two and tasted very earthy with a hint of tobacco.
We ended the day with a cheese tasting. We tasted Brie and Carnembert. The brie was something I have had before and liked. It was very salty and creamy, but it had a tangy aftertaste that stayed with me. The Canembert was even saltier than the brie, which was sort of overpowering. It also had a smoky flavor.
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