Day Three

Today's class began with what is quickly becoming one of my favorite way to start a day: chocolate tasting number three. In this tasting we tried chocolates from several difference companies: Green & Black, Michel Cluizel, Amedei, and El Rey. For this tasting, we tried milk chocolates from each of the companies. While I am not a huge milk chocolate fan, I did think there was a significant improvement for these chocolates over one's such as Hershey's. The Green and Black was the sweetest and most buttery for me. The Cluizel had a stronger cocoa flavor than the others, which I enjoyed. The Amedei was probably my favorite, as it had a very smooth and creamy texture, with an enjoyable chocolate taste with a hint of vanilla. The El Rey was also extremely good, and was my second favorite. It was different than the others, and probably had a different formulation of cocoa butter.

The second tasting we did was cheeses, my favorite. The cheeses we tried today included feta, goat, and farmer's. I am a big fan of Greek salad's and other food like that, so I enjoyed the feta cheese. It was crumbly with a distinct, almost sour taste that I liked. The goat cheese was extremely creamy, but I did not enjoy it as much as the feta. And finally, I really like the farmer's cheese as well. It was dense and sharp, and I could have eaten a couple more slices.

We also did a Coke, Pespi triangle taste test. I was correctly able to identify which one was Pepsi, but I overthought it and messed up the other two cups. It was interesting, because I definitely consider myself a Coke fan over Pepsi. Overall, it was a very interesting class, and I am looking forward to tomorrow.