Intro: Taste Honey Like a Sommelier - March 2025

DATE: TBA
March 2025 at 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST
Last date to register to receive tasting kits: March 2025.
 
This on line course takes place on zoom and provides basic intro to applying sensory analysis methods to tasting and evaluating honey. 
 
Students will learn the psychology and physiology of how humans taste, how to identify between the difference taste, flavor and trigeminal sensations. We will wake up our senses with olfactory exercises then use that knowledge to evaluate honey by color, taste, flavor and texture and write detailed tasting notes for honey samples provided. Emphasis will be on using correct descriptors when describing the sensory qualities of each honey using the wheel. Power point presentation included.
 
Course Itinerary:
A. Introduction to Sensory Analysis of Honey.
• Psychology and Physiology of taste vs. flavor.
• Gustatory and olfactory exercises
B. Learn the Methods of Sensory Analysis to taste 
and evaluate Honey.
B. Learn how to use: 
• Honey aroma and flavor wheel.
• Honey color chart.
• Honey profile sheets.
C. Guided tasting of 5 honeys.
• Learn how to write detailed tasting notes and identify botanical sources for the 5 honey samples.
And MORE....
 
*Student will receive Tasting Kit with all exercises, honey samples and class materials. Kits will only be mailed to addresses in the US. 
*We will be meeting on Zoom a welcome email will be sent to everyone who registers.
* Online classes and workshops are not eligible for credit or recognized by the Italian National Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey toward Honey Sommelier certification.  Only in person courses are recognized. Certificate of completion will be awarded from the AHTS to each attended who completes the workshop.