Today, we started out with a chocolate tasting involving El Rey chocolates. We tasted a 58.5% Bucare, a 61% Mijao, and a 70% Gran Saman. This was my favorite day of chocolates. The Bucare was fruity with a faint hint of cocoa but not too much. It had a nice long finish that I really enjoyed. The Mijao was nutty and earthy and hard to snap. It was really very good. The Gran Saman had a more prevalent cocoa bite but it wasn't tart. It had a bit of a sour aftertaste, but I really enjoyed this chocolate as well.
Next we did a cinnamon tasting using buttered croutons. This was something I've never tried before, but I used to eat cinnamon toast as a kid so I figured it would be pretty good. The first was Ceylon. It was very sweet and had sort of a strange taste to me. It tasted a lot like brown sugar. The next was the Chinese Cassia, which was earthier and not as sweet as the Ceylon. The Saigon Cassia did not have as strong of a flavor and seemed less cinnamony to me. The last one was the Korint je Cassia. This was more like what I typically think of cinnamon tasting like. It was very smooth and good.
We tried oil-cured olives which were completely disgusting. I had a bad experience with olives when I was younger, so I've stayed away from them ever since.
Last, we did our usual cheese tasting, this time with bleu cheeses. The first one was Cambozola, which was salty, creamy and buttery. The American was a little harder than the Cambozola but was more sour. The Valdeon tasted rotton and was very strong. I could get a hint of mint, but I really didn't like it. The Stilton was even worse. It was the strongest of the four but it was sort of creamy.
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