January 5

M1 was sweet, smooth, and milky. I preferred this type the best. M2 was a little sour which covered up a lot of the taste. M3 was a more subtle taste and a little more bitter.

The 100% dark chocolate was extremely bitter and acidic, and not very appatizing. But I could still taste the "chocolate". The 60% chocolate was much sweeter but without the normal acidic taste. Normally I associate dark chocolate with a bitter taste, but the bitter was much less present in this type (but it was still there). The white chocolate is, and always has been my favorite. It is hard to describe because it is so different from the other types of chocolate, but is almost tastes like sugar mixed with a really fatty milk. I tried the dark and white together as suggested. However, they would not blend in my mouth. I could only taste one or the other depending on what I was concentrating on.

The Cocoa bean was ever so slightly bitter, But I couldn't taste anything unless I concentrated really hard. I couldn't taste anything from sucking on it, only when I was chewing it. To be perfectly honest, I couldn't even tell a difference between the bean and the nibs.

The regular cocoa powder, by itself, was very bitter and the chocolate flavor came as an after-taste. When added in equal parts with sugar, much of the bitterness goes away, both together and separately if thought about. The Dutched cocoa powder did taste different. The taste was less intense and the taste was more delayed. But there was more character to the flavor, and could almost be described as fruity. When sugar was added, there was a similar effect as above. But the Dutched + sugar is still better then the regular powder +sugar.

My original guess about the taste of the coriander seed was that is was 90% smell. However, after we tasted holding out noses, I could definitely understand why is was 100%. My guesses to it's taste components were that is contained elements of sour, bitter, and umami . . . but not fat, sweet, or salty.

When we were originally handed the jello, my first instinct was to write down cherry. But I only made it half way thought the word cherry, before I made myself stop and rethink the taste. After thinking about it carefully I realized that it was actually Lime flavored. The class voting then confirmed my original suspicions. However, after we were told that it was actually lemon, my tongue was still convinced that the flavor was lime (even when I tried it again). This phenomenon left me feeling a little confused.