ISO 3591:1977—Wine-Tasting Glass
When it comes to wine tasting, the experience is not just about the flavor—it is a multi-sensory journey that involves sight, smell, touch, and, of…
ISO 18794:2025—Coffee Sensory Analysis Vocabulary
Rather than beans, coffee beans are actually considered seeds of the coffee cherry fruit. Growing on tall shrubs and bushes that resemble a berry bush,…
ISO 11053:2009—Cocoa Butter Equivalents In Milk Chocolate
“Chocolate” and “cacao” come originally from the Nahuatl words “Xocoatl” and “Cacahoatl,” which refer to the bitter and spicy mix that the Aztecs made with cacao…
ISO 8586:2023—Selection And Training Of Sensory Assessors
In the early 1950s, a milestone for sensory evaluation occurred when the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute developed the nine-point hedonic scale: a category scaling…