TASTING SAMPLER

Abstract

The invention relates to tasting samplers for alcoholic beverages, such as cognac or brandy. A tasting sampler (1) for an alcoholic beverage (2) comprises a glass container and stopper (5) and is characterized in that the container comprises a rounded body (3) and a base (4), in that the stopper (5) contains a sealing element (6) made of an inert material, and in that the internal volume of the body (3) holds between 40 and 70 grams of the alcoholic beverage (2). The technical result is to ensure sufficiently rapid, yet relatively precise and uniform, heating of the beverage placed in the tasting sampler, using only the heat of the user's hands, thus allowing the organoleptic properties of the beverage to be revealed as fully as possible during tasting.

Description

-2- revealtheirtastequalitieswithoutusinganyadditionalmeans,isatechnicalproblemtobesolved. Theproblemiscomplicatedbythefactthattheorganolepticpropertiesofsuchbeveragesaremost fullyrevealedwithinafairlynarrowtemperaturerangethatiscumulativelyaffectedbytheshape ofasampler,itsmaterial,thesampler'svolume,andothercharacteristics,theselectionofwhich isacomplexandnon-trivialtask. SUMMARYOFTHEINVENTION Thetechnicalproblemfacedbytheauthorsofthepresentinventionwastodevelopanew tastingsamplerforalcoholicbeverages,particularlystrongalcoholicbeveragessuchascognacor brandy,eliminatingthedrawbacksofsimilarsolutionsknownintheart. Thetechnicalresultachievedbythisinventionistoprovidesufficientlyrapid,yetrelatively preciseanduniformheatingofabeverageplacedinthetastingsampler,usingonlytheheatfrom theuser'shands,therebyprovidingthemostcompleterevealingofthebeverage'sorganoleptic propertiesduringitstasting.Further,theclaimedsamplerandallpossibleembodimentsoftheinvention,whicharenot intendedtobelimiting,areexplainedinmoredetailwithreferencetotheaccompanyingdrawings. BRIEFDESCRIPTIONOFTHEDRAWINGS FIG.1schematicallyshowstheclaimedtastingsamplerwithabeveragetherein.