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GUIDE TO TASTING OLIVE OIL
It is only through years of experience in tasting olive oils that one can become an expert. This brief guideline can give you an insight into how the experts can evaluate the quality and age of an olive oil by smelling and tasting the product.
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Pour the oil into a small glass. Warm the glass with your hands to free the aroma, then inhale and smell the oil. |
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Smell the oil, first briefly, then more deeply, trying to capture the different aromas. |
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Sip a small quantity of oil from the glass, trying to keep it in the front of your mouth between your lower lip and tightly shut teeth. |
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Breathe in through clenched teeth, first delicately, then more vigorously, so as to vaporize the oil inside your mouth and along the sides of the tongue where your taste buds are. |
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Exhale through your nose while you try to identify and catalogue all the different aromas and flavors, so that the vaporized oil particles can reach your nasal membrane giving you an even more precise sensation. |
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Repeat the tasting procedure, keeping the oil in your mouth for at least 20 seconds. |
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