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US 7,610,872 B2Granted
Tasting glasses having revealable indicators there on and method of conducting blind taste test
OwnerRoman Coppolainventor
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Abstract
A kit and method of blind comparison utilizing glass objects, each having a unique revealable indicator on the surface of the glass. The revealable indicator is created by a shallow etching into the exterior surface of the tasting glass such that the indicator is substantially invisible to the human eye under normal conditions, but becomes visible when condensation forms on the outer surface of the glass.
Claims8
A set of two or more tasting glasses comprising:
- a revealable indicator being shallowly etched on each tasting glass such that the etching is substantially invisible to the human eye when the tasting glass is dry;
- wherein the etching is revealable when condensation forms on the surface of the etching;
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- wherein the revealable indicator on each tasting glass is different from the revealable indicator on every other tasting glass in the set.
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A method of conducting a beverage tasting comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a beverage tasting participant with a set of tasting glasses wherein each tasting glass has a unique revealable indicator, the unique revealable indicator being revealable only by applying condensation to the tasting glass, and wherein the set includes one tasting glass for each container of beverage to be tasted;
- b) associating each of two or more containers of beverage with a unique indicator corresponding to a unique revealable indicator of a tasting glass of the set;
- c) pouring beverage from each container into the tasting glass having a revealable indicator corresponding to the container of beverage associated with that revealable indicator;
- d) permitting the tasting participant to sample the beverage in one or more tasting glasses;
- e) breathing or having a participant breathe onto the outer surface of the tasting glass in the area where the revealable indicator is located to reveal the indicator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.