DEGUSTATION

tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation

(noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; “cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

degustation (countable and uncountable, plural degustations)

tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation

Source: Wiktionary


Deg`us*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. degustatio: cf. F. dégustation.] (Physiol.)

Definition: Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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